diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
index d1a4a86456201a4c38353e393471cc0b9ce0a9b6..13842205b84973482373be79ae4fdc9fc1e7b26d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
@@ -793,8 +793,10 @@ static ssize_t ffs_epfile_io(struct file *file, struct ffs_io_data *io_data)
 
 		if (io_data->aio) {
 			req = usb_ep_alloc_request(ep->ep, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (unlikely(!req))
+			if (unlikely(!req)) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto error_lock;
+			}
 
 			req->buf      = data;
 			req->length   = data_len;