diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.c b/net/9p/protocol.c
index 931ea00c4fedb9a8a2c4d2ae9a1f24d7e51d7d04..4a1e1dd30b52fd04abef83272567a1975a840e0f 100644
--- a/net/9p/protocol.c
+++ b/net/9p/protocol.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ p9pdu_vreadf(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,
 
 				*sptr = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_NOFS);
 				if (*sptr == NULL) {
-					errcode = -EFAULT;
+					errcode = -ENOMEM;
 					break;
 				}
 				if (pdu_read(pdu, *sptr, len)) {