diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fb.c
index 25bf333d5a45cbc9c721836b0da7d9392dad3d50..df198d9e770c2f61882c9a1bdae771f8c9378f54 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fb.c
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ static int virtio_gpufb_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 
 	size = mode_cmd.pitches[0] * mode_cmd.height;
 	obj = virtio_gpu_alloc_object(dev, size, false, true);
-	if (!obj)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(obj))
+		return PTR_ERR(obj);
 
 	virtio_gpu_resource_id_get(vgdev, &resid);
 	virtio_gpu_cmd_create_resource(vgdev, resid, format,