diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opieaccess/pam_opieaccess.8 b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opieaccess/pam_opieaccess.8
index fac671e80c6d..b5392029c2ed 100644
--- a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opieaccess/pam_opieaccess.8
+++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opieaccess/pam_opieaccess.8
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ It also provides null functions for the remaining module types.
 The authentication component
 .Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate ,
 returns
-.Dv PAM_IGNORE
+.Dv PAM_SUCCESS
 in two cases:
 .Bl -enum
 .It
diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opieaccess/pam_opieaccess.c b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opieaccess/pam_opieaccess.c
index d9499d97f8e9..67cbfc0203e4 100644
--- a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opieaccess/pam_opieaccess.c
+++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opieaccess/pam_opieaccess.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pam_sm_authenticate(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags __unused,
 
 	pwent = getpwnam(luser);
 	if (pwent == NULL || opielookup(&opie, luser) != 0)
-		return (PAM_IGNORE);
+		return (PAM_SUCCESS);
 
 	r = pam_get_item(pamh, PAM_RHOST, (const void **)&rhost);
 	if (r != PAM_SUCCESS)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pam_sm_authenticate(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags __unused,
 
 	if ((rhost == NULL || opieaccessfile(rhost)) &&
 	    opiealways(pwent->pw_dir) != 0)
-		return (PAM_IGNORE);
+		return (PAM_SUCCESS);
 
 	PAM_VERBOSE_ERROR("Refused; remote host is not in opieaccess");