diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
index 1e01184f4ee251c05f6df6a54ea29e289dc11a52..642bd63932d09edef15321dc3878ba3e3eb6d4b1 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int ntfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
 
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}