1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 154034b675bd..19c9983d5360 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ struct rpc_task *rpc_run_bc_task(struct rpc_rqst *req,
         task = rpc_new_task(&task_setup_data);
         if (!task) {
                 xprt_free_bc_request(req);
+                task = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
                 goto out;
         }
         task->tk_rqstp = req;