1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.c b/net/9p/protocol.c
index 931ea00c4fed..4a1e1dd30b52 100644
--- a/net/9p/protocol.c
+++ b/net/9p/protocol.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ p9pdu_vreadf(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,
 
                                 *sptr = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_NOFS);
                                 if (*sptr == NULL) {
-                                        errcode = -EFAULT;
+                                        errcode = -ENOMEM;
                                         break;
                                 }
                                 if (pdu_read(pdu, *sptr, len)) {