diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_io.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_io.c
index babf39adef85..3e373535e6c0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_io.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_io.c
@@ -1047,6 +1047,8 @@ int lov_io_init_released(const struct lu_env *env, struct cl_object *obj,
 	switch (io->ci_type) {
 	default:
 		LASSERTF(0, "invalid type %d\n", io->ci_type);
+		result = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		break;
 	case CIT_MISC:
 	case CIT_FSYNC:
 	case CIT_DATA_VERSION: