1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
index fd76b5fc3b3a..d3a989e718f5 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ int public_key_verify_signature(const struct public_key *pkey,
         if (ret)
                 goto error_free_req;
 
+        ret = -ENOMEM;
         outlen = crypto_akcipher_maxsize(tfm);
         output = kmalloc(outlen, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!output)