diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index 1ac199cd75e7bdd56ce8d5b9ab91bc2ee9d15133..a4944e22f294b321fba70d572dc4996fcbb838f7 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -259,8 +259,10 @@ static __init int efivar_ssdt_load(void)
 		}
 
 		data = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!data)
+		if (!data) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto free_entry;
+		}
 
 		ret = efivar_entry_get(entry, NULL, &size, data);
 		if (ret) {