diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index 872765527081ab3d48d7701f8a9d8705553640fc..ac0394c9e8abaf653200e40ebe9b9169b0ba6cff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ static int octeon_setup_droq(struct octeon_device *oct, int q_no, int num_descs,
 	dev_dbg(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "Creating Droq: %d\n", q_no);
 	/* droq creation and local register settings. */
 	ret_val = octeon_create_droq(oct, q_no, num_descs, desc_size, app_ctx);
-	if (ret_val == -1)
+	if (ret_val < 0)
 		return ret_val;
 
 	if (ret_val == 1) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
index 4dba86eaa04559649b012cbeff8707c47a176927..174072b3740b4a15f86f292a51a28d8239ee8c0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
@@ -983,5 +983,5 @@ int octeon_create_droq(struct octeon_device *oct,
 
 create_droq_fail:
 	octeon_delete_droq(oct, q_no);
-	return -1;
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }