diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_bo.c
index fddaeb0b09c11764cb46b23ffff6ec345f505cd7..f642bd6e71ff49b7aea487099329b7caf6455c7e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_bo.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *vc4_create_object(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size)
 
 	bo = kzalloc(sizeof(*bo), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bo)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return NULL;
 
 	bo->madv = VC4_MADV_WILLNEED;
 	refcount_set(&bo->usecnt, 0);