diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index fd398a4eaf46e99bbb92283659b6e53ca8b5dc63..bd6ec04f345e138ee1cc782d289996f65b1e5542 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t size, uint32
 
 	ret = msm_gem_new_impl(dev, size, flags, &obj);
 	if (ret)
-		goto fail;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	msm_obj = to_msm_bo(obj);
 
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_import(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	ret = msm_gem_new_impl(dev, size, MSM_BO_WC, &obj);
 	if (ret)
-		goto fail;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	drm_gem_private_object_init(dev, obj, size);