diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 7d87772f0ce681971db412ad606a0e84ab1d7a51..cc88f02c7562159c258e0de27dc5f4868144d8a1 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static enum integrity_status evm_verify_current_integrity(struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
 
 	if (!evm_key_loaded() || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || evm_fixmode)
-		return 0;
+		return INTEGRITY_PASS;
 	return evm_verify_hmac(dentry, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL);
 }