diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_audio.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_audio.c
index c43c89ffa2c89b07fd690afeca58cb34651b0358..0f2eee12ee9f6f1c33faa5f440ba06b5aa6d572b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_audio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_audio.c
@@ -252,12 +252,12 @@ static struct f_audio_buf *f_audio_buffer_alloc(int buf_size)
 
 	copy_buf = kzalloc(sizeof *copy_buf, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!copy_buf)
-		return (struct f_audio_buf *)-ENOMEM;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	copy_buf->buf = kzalloc(buf_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!copy_buf->buf) {
 		kfree(copy_buf);
-		return (struct f_audio_buf *)-ENOMEM;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
 	return copy_buf;
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int f_audio_out_ep_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
 		list_add_tail(&copy_buf->list, &audio->play_queue);
 		schedule_work(&audio->playback_work);
 		copy_buf = f_audio_buffer_alloc(audio_buf_size);
-		if (copy_buf < 0)
+		if (IS_ERR(copy_buf))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ static int f_audio_set_alt(struct usb_function *f, unsigned intf, unsigned alt)
 			usb_ep_enable(out_ep, audio->out_desc);
 			out_ep->driver_data = audio;
 			audio->copy_buf = f_audio_buffer_alloc(audio_buf_size);
+			if (IS_ERR(audio->copy_buf))
+				return -ENOMEM;
 
 			/*
 			 * allocate a bunch of read buffers