diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
index 9cff553caa1f32be9e78edb156e2d818ef7d0518..8c42b3a8c420ab29a0b79f29df5c9e55c1ce73d9 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
@@ -49,14 +49,18 @@ int nvmet_file_ns_enable(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
 	ns->bvec_cache = kmem_cache_create("nvmet-bvec",
 			NVMET_MAX_MPOOL_BVEC * sizeof(struct bio_vec),
 			0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
-	if (!ns->bvec_cache)
+	if (!ns->bvec_cache) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err;
+	}
 
 	ns->bvec_pool = mempool_create(NVMET_MIN_MPOOL_OBJ, mempool_alloc_slab,
 			mempool_free_slab, ns->bvec_cache);
 
-	if (!ns->bvec_pool)
+	if (!ns->bvec_pool) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err;
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 err: