diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_export.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_export.c
index 1399e187d425dc7af0f8b5062afaf312fe5a0927..753e467aa1a5991d0175087284ff9cde35591c40 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_export.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_export.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ xfs_fs_nfs_commit_metadata(
 
 	if (!lsn)
 		return 0;
-	return _xfs_log_force_lsn(mp, lsn, XFS_LOG_SYNC, NULL);
+	return -_xfs_log_force_lsn(mp, lsn, XFS_LOG_SYNC, NULL);
 }
 
 const struct export_operations xfs_export_operations = {