diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c b/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
index 8604e31606a3..09ac9ad94d48 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
@@ -1798,6 +1798,7 @@ vfs_getopts(struct vfsoptlist *opts, const char *name, int *error)
 		}
 		return (opt->value);
 	}
+	*error = ENOENT;
 	return (NULL);
 }