diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/port_sel.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/port_sel.c
index adc836b3d857ff5d9e249a74ad4051ef3311646f..ad63dd45c8fb9dbf4d401e16c35f5343b41af857 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/port_sel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/port_sel.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ mlx5_lag_create_definer(struct mlx5_lag *ldev, enum netdev_lag_hash hash,
 
 	lag_definer = kzalloc(sizeof(*lag_definer), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lag_definer)
-		return ERR_PTR(ENOMEM);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	match_definer_mask = kvzalloc(MLX5_FLD_SZ_BYTES(match_definer,
 							match_mask),