diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
index 824067d2d4277d36699b1f15c6d58f74a97fe23f..42f0ecb0cf35fd406a4115355c81aac93f7310af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ struct mdp5_cfg_handler *mdp5_cfg_init(struct mdp5_kms *mdp5_kms,
 	if (cfg_handler)
 		mdp5_cfg_destroy(cfg_handler);
 
-	return NULL;
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 static struct mdp5_cfg_platform *mdp5_get_config(struct platform_device *dev)