1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
index 08b197e8c485..a47fc5de3113 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static struct uts_namespace *create_uts_ns(void)
 /*
  * Clone a new ns copying an original utsname, setting refcount to 1
  * @old_ns: namespace to clone
- * Return NULL on error (failure to kmalloc), new ns otherwise
+ * Return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) on error (failure to kmalloc), new ns otherwise
  */
 static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
                                           struct uts_namespace *old_ns)