diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
index 396e60ce811467bc95117368517a302d51390611..f8625e2907288f590552183ff579a9c7aa756d40 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int drm_gem_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	obj->dev = dev;
 	obj->filp = shmem_file_setup("drm mm object", size, VM_NORESERVE);
 	if (IS_ERR(obj->filp))
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return PTR_ERR(obj->filp);
 
 	kref_init(&obj->refcount);
 	atomic_set(&obj->handle_count, 0);