diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-tcpip.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-tcpip.c
index 6f1f047d65555116d6e4c47d95133976f9811fc9..855c7e87d96f2bd7d7e25735326d3f4c18de0ff6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-tcpip.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-tcpip.c
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ libcfs_sock_ioctl(int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 
 	sock_filp = sock_alloc_file(sock, 0, NULL);
-	if (!sock_filp) {
+	if (IS_ERR(sock_filp)) {
 		sock_release(sock);
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		rc = PTR_ERR(sock_filp);
 		goto out;
 	}