diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
index 50b4e522f05f..e6ec845b5be0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ qxl_release_alloc(struct qxl_device *qdev, int type,
 	release = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!release) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Out of memory\n");
-		return 0;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	release->base.ops = NULL;
 	release->type = type;