1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index e8918ffaf96d..7fc35f683c4e 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static struct blkcg_gq *blkg_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
         if (blkcg_parent(blkcg)) {
                 blkg->parent = __blkg_lookup(blkcg_parent(blkcg), q, false);
                 if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!blkg->parent)) {
-                        blkg = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+                        ret = -EINVAL;
                         goto err_put_css;
                 }
                 blkg_get(blkg->parent);