1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
index b535d3e5d5f1..980de547c070 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
         /* pin the task and mm whilst we play with them */
         priv->task = get_pid_task(priv->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
         if (!priv->task)
-                return NULL;
+                return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
 
         mm = mm_for_maps(priv->task);
-        if (!mm) {
+        if (!mm || IS_ERR(mm)) {
                 put_task_struct(priv->task);
                 priv->task = NULL;
-                return NULL;
+                return mm;
         }
         down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);