diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c
index d94d76ca5651106bda1f024f3a6c7b248fa4c362..ece702881946dd849cae2e7adf2c992697b29fdd 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ int pinmux_request_gpio(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 	/* Conjure some name stating what chip and pin this is taken by */
 	owner = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%d", range->name, gpio);
 	if (!owner)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = pin_request(pctldev, pin, owner, range);
 	if (ret < 0)