1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/act_ipt.c b/net/sched/act_ipt.c
index 0453d79ebf57..082c520b0def 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ipt.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ipt.c
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ static int tcf_ipt_init(struct nlattr *nla, struct nlattr *est,
         if (!pc) {
                 pc = tcf_hash_create(index, est, a, sizeof(*ipt), bind,
                                      &ipt_idx_gen, &ipt_hash_info);
-                if (unlikely(!pc))
-                        return -ENOMEM;
+                if (IS_ERR(pc))
+                    return PTR_ERR(pc);
                 ret = ACT_P_CREATED;
         } else {
                 if (!ovr) {