diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c
index d82ea994063f..edf7989d7a8e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ struct drm_encoder *dpu_encoder_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	dpu_enc = devm_kzalloc(dev->dev, sizeof(*dpu_enc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dpu_enc)
-		return ERR_PTR(ENOMEM);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	rc = drm_encoder_init(dev, &dpu_enc->base, &dpu_encoder_funcs,
 			drm_enc_mode, NULL);