diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 0bdf21c6814e..7a51443a51d6 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -977,12 +977,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(shmctl, int, shmid, int, cmd, struct shmid_ds __user *, buf)
 		ipc_lock_object(&shp->shm_perm);
 		if (!ns_capable(ns->user_ns, CAP_IPC_LOCK)) {
 			kuid_t euid = current_euid();
-			err = -EPERM;
 			if (!uid_eq(euid, shp->shm_perm.uid) &&
-			    !uid_eq(euid, shp->shm_perm.cuid))
+			    !uid_eq(euid, shp->shm_perm.cuid)) {
+				err = -EPERM;
 				goto out_unlock0;
-			if (cmd == SHM_LOCK && !rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK))
+			}
+			if (cmd == SHM_LOCK && !rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK)) {
+				err = -EPERM;
 				goto out_unlock0;
+			}
 		}
 
 		shm_file = shp->shm_file;