diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 971241409c308ec8003df990862a56b2c2ffa31a..554d60394c0663980d89c3bb84a48007f365470b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -2746,6 +2746,7 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 			cc->tag_pool_max_sectors * cc->on_disk_tag_size);
 		if (!cc->tag_pool) {
 			ti->error = "Cannot allocate integrity tags mempool";
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto bad;
 		}