diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
index 1da2386d7cf74a9eac82674a53ac2cee3e8e52a5..ff3def7846197bc9f69b929f9fe745d01759f537 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ radeon_user_framebuffer_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret) {
 		kfree(radeon_fb);
 		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
 	return &radeon_fb->base;