diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 732fd633e73a37878006bac645224ecc8b185555..0fa9209ff556bf182b336b86ef56b57c54c8260c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1895,10 +1895,9 @@ int intel_lr_context_deferred_create(struct intel_context *ctx,
 	context_size = round_up(get_lr_context_size(ring), 4096);
 
 	ctx_obj = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, context_size);
-	if (IS_ERR(ctx_obj)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(ctx_obj);
-		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Alloc LRC backing obj failed: %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
+	if (!ctx_obj) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Alloc LRC backing obj failed.\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	if (is_global_default_ctx) {