1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index 9bcec9b927b9..505e2d4b3d62 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ rpcauth_create(rpc_authflavor_t pseudoflavor, struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
         u32                     flavor = pseudoflavor_to_flavor(pseudoflavor);
 
         if (flavor >= RPC_AUTH_MAXFLAVOR || !(ops = auth_flavors[flavor]))
-                return NULL;
+                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
         auth = ops->create(clnt, pseudoflavor);
-        if (!auth)
-                return NULL;
+        if (IS_ERR(auth))
+                return auth;
         if (clnt->cl_auth)
                 rpcauth_destroy(clnt->cl_auth);
         clnt->cl_auth = auth;