diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c
index 8ea0d3fcb580a63a506787a06dc48756bb64fcfd..769cc2a88040c5fe4f2dfb06ea7d8b7d984e8d17 100644
--- a/crypto/testmgr.c
+++ b/crypto/testmgr.c
@@ -1941,6 +1941,7 @@ static int test_akcipher_one(struct crypto_akcipher *tfm,
 	if (err)
 		goto free_req;
 
+	err = -ENOMEM;
 	out_len_max = crypto_akcipher_maxsize(tfm);
 	outbuf_enc = kzalloc(out_len_max, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!outbuf_enc)