diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_drv.c
index 6d4ff34737cb73746ce37dd7b4c00293d74c1283..28e6471257d0d799d020f7e1dac47007760fcee9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_drv.c
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ static int arcpgu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret;
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(&arcpgu_drm_driver, &pdev->dev);
-	if (!drm)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm))
+		return PTR_ERR(drm);
 
 	ret = arcpgu_load(drm);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c
index d83b46a3032765c85fc8b00534ac550720002c8f..fb6a418ce6be611176e26bf5fa699503178e8364 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ static int hdlcd_drm_bind(struct device *dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(&hdlcd_driver, dev);
-	if (!drm)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm))
+		return PTR_ERR(drm);
 
 	drm->dev_private = hdlcd;
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, drm);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c
index c383d724527f662dd3dadc15702d56442e164280..9280358b8f15219da56f1572c53e53272d27dc59 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ static int malidp_bind(struct device *dev)
 		return ret;
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(&malidp_driver, dev);
-	if (!drm) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(drm);
 		goto alloc_fail;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c
index 8e7483d90c47fd5328464644673a5cededf24ac5..5f484310bee99c4ba5bbd986f47223893756db77 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c
@@ -797,8 +797,8 @@ static int atmel_hlcdc_dc_drm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret;
 
 	ddev = drm_dev_alloc(&atmel_hlcdc_dc_driver, &pdev->dev);
-	if (!ddev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ddev))
+		return PTR_ERR(ddev);
 
 	ret = atmel_hlcdc_dc_load(ddev);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
index 99e67517b5c530eac504a5f319a351bb1f07fb11..80c7f25b5b74a32df2e550db0277d0e5754f8523 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dev_init);
  * own struct should look at using drm_dev_init() instead.
  *
  * RETURNS:
- * Pointer to new DRM device, or NULL if out of memory.
+ * Pointer to new DRM device, or ERR_PTR on failure.
  */
 struct drm_device *drm_dev_alloc(struct drm_driver *driver,
 				 struct device *parent)
@@ -601,12 +601,12 @@ struct drm_device *drm_dev_alloc(struct drm_driver *driver,
 
 	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	ret = drm_dev_init(dev, driver, parent);
 	if (ret) {
 		kfree(dev);
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
 	return dev;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
index d86362fc8ac6b3fe31afde5ca1c42ba7304625a7..3ceea9cb9d3e42a36f2811b2bea31d63445e4e42 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ int drm_get_pci_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent,
 	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
 
 	dev = drm_dev_alloc(driver, &pdev->dev);
-	if (!dev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(dev);
 
 	ret = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c
index 2c819ef90090dee3b8c154d5065fd77041e66f6b..026269851ce9f005e9eca687b2f9146e75bdf4f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ static int drm_get_platform_dev(struct platform_device *platdev,
 	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
 
 	dev = drm_dev_alloc(driver, &platdev->dev);
-	if (!dev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(dev);
 
 	dev->platformdev = platdev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c
index e3164d90399dcfa83c8f4cc0181b87fe3002c361..aa687669e22b4b05cbbc98f4af5e72ef62979e81 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ static int etnaviv_bind(struct device *dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(&etnaviv_drm_driver, dev);
-	if (!drm)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm))
+		return PTR_ERR(drm);
 
 	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_drv.c
index 7882387f9bffd5c661f30bc5800e58672a0a3bd8..0d2ae94e4c673f4360cbbc53e150ad589647d208 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_drv.c
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ static int fsl_dcu_drm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	fsl_dev->tcon = fsl_tcon_init(dev);
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(driver, dev);
-	if (!drm) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(drm);
 		goto disable_pix_clk;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/kirin/kirin_drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/kirin/kirin_drm_drv.c
index 1fc2f502d20ddbb60aec4070c28ed3104978c86c..90377a609c986e836f3c90e03ed327b0af10ac27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/kirin/kirin_drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/kirin/kirin_drm_drv.c
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ static int kirin_drm_bind(struct device *dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	drm_dev = drm_dev_alloc(driver, dev);
-	if (!drm_dev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm_dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(drm_dev);
 
 	drm_dev->platformdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c
index 72c1ae4e02d4315252a606a812fbe7a9a2017663..cf83f6507ec8211566f87cbf4878e5d76c3eff0b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ static int mtk_drm_bind(struct device *dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(&mtk_drm_driver, dev);
-	if (!drm)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm))
+		return PTR_ERR(drm);
 
 	drm->dev_private = private;
 	private->drm = drm;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 8a0237008f742a95d05c08c29139cfe81f535797..042bde48200d50b3b1866dcd9048355be91a7c51 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, struct drm_driver *drv)
 	int ret;
 
 	ddev = drm_dev_alloc(drv, dev);
-	if (!ddev) {
+	if (IS_ERR(ddev)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate drm_device\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return PTR_ERR(ddev);
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ddev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index 652ab111dd74d899cc9aac867e05791e0a64229f..3100fd88a015f0e5288aade4c2c0e60027c2daed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -1067,8 +1067,8 @@ nouveau_platform_device_create(const struct nvkm_device_tegra_func *func,
 		goto err_free;
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(&driver_platform, &pdev->dev);
-	if (!drm) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(drm);
 		goto err_free;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
index 899ef7a2a7b4eaff0748c41e7a8e03cee201a2ee..73c971e39b1c723f5e712dd85eb491a85ced2ac4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ static int rcar_du_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	rcdu->info = of_match_device(rcar_du_of_table, rcdu->dev)->data;
 
 	ddev = drm_dev_alloc(&rcar_du_driver, &pdev->dev);
-	if (!ddev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ddev))
+		return PTR_ERR(ddev);
 
 	rcdu->ddev = ddev;
 	ddev->dev_private = rcdu;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_drv.c
index 76eaf1de52e41e7253df80c9b5aaa927f64acc83..446b5d7e85f705404e73e8262c8c9d21f505f827 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_drv.c
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ static int rockchip_drm_bind(struct device *dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	drm_dev = drm_dev_alloc(&rockchip_drm_driver, dev);
-	if (!drm_dev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm_dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(drm_dev);
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, drm_dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
index 7cd3804c6deef355ae097661fdc35c320e5ed3d4..49ed3c4b7ac5e77b59c2ff50779069cc412ca94c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ static int sti_bind(struct device *dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	ddev = drm_dev_alloc(&sti_driver, dev);
-	if (!ddev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ddev))
+		return PTR_ERR(ddev);
 
 	ddev->platformdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
index 9059e3ef9786ece17db4c780502649c4dc89ae4c..0da9862ad8ed928e23a6a1e089551967ad5273e8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ static int sun4i_drv_bind(struct device *dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(&sun4i_drv_driver, dev);
-	if (!drm)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm))
+		return PTR_ERR(drm);
 
 	drv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*drv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!drv) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
index 4b9f1c79cd7b01f4ba70e52743f7592d1ce014dd..8ab47b502d8382f9740e6795e56bf0afd545b632 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
@@ -983,8 +983,8 @@ static int host1x_drm_probe(struct host1x_device *dev)
 	int err;
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(driver, &dev->dev);
-	if (!drm)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm))
+		return PTR_ERR(drm);
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, drm);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.c
index f0851db6ba6ca56ae4462b6e9922036959328883..cc45d98f9bb5fb749071b2f0bd0e15e16e6cf423 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.c
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ static int udl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	int r;
 
 	dev = drm_dev_alloc(&driver, &interface->dev);
-	if (!dev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(dev);
 
 	r = drm_dev_register(dev, (unsigned long)udev);
 	if (r)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
index deec53545bea3edeba4385265788c662d55a1b59..3c9e7f64b9261efff0faef744f5131a4899cda16 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ static int vc4_drm_bind(struct device *dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	drm = drm_dev_alloc(&vc4_drm_driver, dev);
-	if (!drm)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(drm))
+		return PTR_ERR(drm);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, drm);
 	vc4->dev = drm;
 	drm->dev_private = vc4;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
index c15bafb06665f0ec8c788cd1c21d7067dc5a8df3..f36c14729b5547b2a36f67b65255b73618063919 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ static int __init vgem_init(void)
 	int ret;
 
 	vgem_device = drm_dev_alloc(&vgem_driver, NULL);
-	if (!vgem_device) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(vgem_device)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(vgem_device);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drm_bus.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drm_bus.c
index a59d0e309bfc4cefaf71bb6b8604fe2cedf5a76f..26197dd95d5c95aa02e0af4ffd04b514cd4b6ab4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drm_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drm_bus.c
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ int drm_virtio_init(struct drm_driver *driver, struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	int ret;
 
 	dev = drm_dev_alloc(driver, &vdev->dev);
-	if (!dev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(dev);
 	dev->virtdev = vdev;
 	vdev->priv = dev;