diff --git a/net/sched/em_nbyte.c b/net/sched/em_nbyte.c
index 2c1192a2ee5e..a83b237cbeb0 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_nbyte.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_nbyte.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static int em_nbyte_change(struct net *net, void *data, int data_len,
 	em->datalen = sizeof(*nbyte) + nbyte->len;
 	em->data = (unsigned long)kmemdup(data, em->datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (em->data == 0UL)
-		return -ENOBUFS;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
 }