diff --git a/lib/libstand/nfs.c b/lib/libstand/nfs.c
index 322acb8d527..7e2e1ababac 100644
--- a/lib/libstand/nfs.c
+++ b/lib/libstand/nfs.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ nfs_readlink(struct nfs_iodesc *d, char *buf)
 	buf[repl->len] = 0;
 done:
 	free(pkt);
-	return (0);
+	return (rc);
 }
 #endif