diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 1c7a2ec4f3cc81ee608821ddf589fc0b27db4dcc..b6ff4a1519ab664c43d9bff871dc95d8efb52daa 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -97,11 +97,9 @@ struct workqueue_struct *ceph_msgr_wq;
 int ceph_msgr_init(void)
 {
 	ceph_msgr_wq = create_workqueue("ceph-msgr");
-	if (IS_ERR(ceph_msgr_wq)) {
-		int ret = PTR_ERR(ceph_msgr_wq);
-		pr_err("msgr_init failed to create workqueue: %d\n", ret);
-		ceph_msgr_wq = NULL;
-		return ret;
+	if (!ceph_msgr_wq) {
+		pr_err("msgr_init failed to create workqueue\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }