diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 673c977cc2bfa238e0fe0efa6dddac5193fbccd8..ae5113d3ebaece915247e9d9d0d108d0bb583d11 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -4202,6 +4202,7 @@ static int __init cfq_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	cfq_pool = KMEM_CACHE(cfq_queue, 0);
 	if (!cfq_pool)
 		goto err_pol_unreg;