diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 8e25c25c730935e99838c661a11cd036ed6245f7..72d260520c8fddac6bff60af832b50c9883254e2 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3489,8 +3489,9 @@ static int io_sq_offload_start(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	/* Do QD, or 4 * CPUS, whatever is smallest */
 	concurrency = min(ctx->sq_entries, 4 * num_online_cpus());
 	ctx->io_wq = io_wq_create(concurrency, ctx->sqo_mm);
-	if (!ctx->io_wq) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ctx->io_wq)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ctx->io_wq);
+		ctx->io_wq = NULL;
 		goto err;
 	}