diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
index 17e0e9a68baff4695f17c079b5f8ae29ec1e7ad3..405351aad2a8e665ec5f8873bd3852be947bdb98 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
@@ -363,8 +363,10 @@ static int system_heap_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap,
 		 * Avoid trying to allocate memory if the process
 		 * has been killed by SIGKILL
 		 */
-		if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+		if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
+			ret = -EINTR;
 			goto free_buffer;
+		}
 
 		page = alloc_largest_available(size_remaining, max_order);
 		if (!page)