1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 665341e43055..e13966bb5f77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static struct config_item *make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
         nt = kzalloc(sizeof(*nt), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!nt) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: failed to allocate memory\n");
-                return NULL;
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
         }
 
         nt->np.name = "netconsole";