diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c
index ebef4ce1b00c1b9b893efa2e5959c545bf4ebffd..29419a8d31dc3c72b09f38cc2010f7632b3dd931 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c
@@ -948,17 +948,17 @@ int __init cdebug_init(void)
 {
 	g_cmsg= kmalloc(sizeof(_cmsg), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!g_cmsg)
-		return ENOMEM;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	g_debbuf = kmalloc(sizeof(_cdebbuf), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!g_debbuf) {
 		kfree(g_cmsg);
-		return ENOMEM;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	g_debbuf->buf = kmalloc(CDEBUG_GSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!g_debbuf->buf) {
 		kfree(g_cmsg);
 		kfree(g_debbuf);
-		return ENOMEM;;
+		return -ENOMEM;;
 	}
 	g_debbuf->size = CDEBUG_GSIZE;
 	g_debbuf->buf[0] = 0;