diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.c
index 5f42e44b2ab356407365db02bef3bd1b3144c8e1..6f18f143dd3026fe10f62898b7f5a25e516d1879 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.c
@@ -67,18 +67,21 @@ __drm_gem_cma_create(struct drm_device *drm, size_t size, bool private)
struct drm_gem_object *gem_obj;
int ret = 0;
- if (drm->driver->gem_create_object)
+ if (drm->driver->gem_create_object) {
gem_obj = drm->driver->gem_create_object(drm, size);
- else
- gem_obj = kzalloc(sizeof(*cma_obj), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!gem_obj)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ if (IS_ERR(gem_obj))
+ return ERR_CAST(gem_obj);
+ cma_obj = to_drm_gem_cma_obj(gem_obj);
+ } else {
+ cma_obj = kzalloc(sizeof(*cma_obj), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!cma_obj)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ gem_obj = &cma_obj->base;
+ }
if (!gem_obj->funcs)
gem_obj->funcs = &drm_gem_cma_default_funcs;
- cma_obj = container_of(gem_obj, struct drm_gem_cma_object, base);
-
if (private) {
drm_gem_private_object_init(drm, gem_obj, size);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
index 0eeda1012364b33c89d0ac81ca82c51d0ee98fc2..7915047cb041ff043e192eaf69bb72e2ba943b36 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
@@ -56,14 +56,17 @@ __drm_gem_shmem_create(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size, bool private)
size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
- if (dev->driver->gem_create_object)
+ if (dev->driver->gem_create_object) {
obj = dev->driver->gem_create_object(dev, size);
- else
- obj = kzalloc(sizeof(*shmem), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!obj)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
- shmem = to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(obj);
+ if (IS_ERR(obj))
+ return ERR_CAST(obj);
+ shmem = to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(obj);
+ } else {
+ shmem = kzalloc(sizeof(*shmem), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!shmem)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ obj = &shmem->base;
+ }
if (!obj->funcs)
obj->funcs = &drm_gem_shmem_funcs;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_vram_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_vram_helper.c
index bfa386b9813466fdfee8ab58283e316b26e896e7..3f00192215d11bb6a395a439151c8985517aacb7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_vram_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_vram_helper.c
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ struct drm_gem_vram_object *drm_gem_vram_create(struct drm_device *dev,
if (dev->driver->gem_create_object) {
gem = dev->driver->gem_create_object(dev, size);
- if (!gem)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ if (IS_ERR(gem))
+ return ERR_CAST(gem);
gbo = drm_gem_vram_of_gem(gem);
} else {
gbo = kzalloc(sizeof(*gbo), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_gem.c
index 2723d333c6083fd50ac86e16db5c8db51c8ba696..f9a9198ef19833861ed9bce00048026c603a47b2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_gem.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *lima_gem_create_object(struct drm_device *dev, size_t siz
bo = kzalloc(sizeof(*bo), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!bo)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
mutex_init(&bo->lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bo->va);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
index 6d9bdb9180cb7afe5aa596c38777d6e0dcd982fd..ead65f5fa2bcbae445fd01b10ba9a8e356f2ba78 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *panfrost_gem_create_object(struct drm_device *dev, size_t
obj = kzalloc(sizeof(*obj), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!obj)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj->mappings.list);
mutex_init(&obj->mappings.lock);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_bo.c
index 0d9af62f69ad16ee5914c4980bfb51b3da8c2933..6e3113f419f4ca641e8cd484018b0c4395c2f421 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_bo.c
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ struct drm_gem_object *v3d_create_object(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size)
struct drm_gem_object *obj;
if (size == 0)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
bo = kzalloc(sizeof(*bo), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!bo)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
obj = &bo->base.base;
obj->funcs = &v3d_gem_funcs;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
index a87eafa89e9f485983d4f1d3fc04885760084faf..c5e3e5457737754f0a09770e0e25a390e3d14e64 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static struct drm_gem_object *vgem_gem_create_object(struct drm_device *dev, siz
obj = kzalloc(sizeof(*obj), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!obj)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
/*
* vgem doesn't have any begin/end cpu access ioctls, therefore must use
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
index 187e10da2f1773a89c53ba06916b1c0281ed17d3..baef2c5f2aafc9eeee6497b7b29f625a79009a2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *virtio_gpu_create_object(struct drm_device *dev,
shmem = kzalloc(sizeof(*shmem), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!shmem)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
dshmem = &shmem->base.base;
dshmem->base.funcs = &virtio_gpu_shmem_funcs;
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_drv.h b/include/drm/drm_drv.h
index da0c836fe8e1afdd17eb860464ad99ec4cc3dd26..f6159acb885695d65ff84b4f7380d9c7feb301c9 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_drv.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_drv.h
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ struct drm_driver {
/**
* @gem_create_object: constructor for gem objects
*
- * Hook for allocating the GEM object struct, for use by the CMA and
- * SHMEM GEM helpers.
+ * Hook for allocating the GEM object struct, for use by the CMA
+ * and SHMEM GEM helpers. Returns a GEM object on success, or an
+ * ERR_PTR()-encoded error code otherwise.
*/
struct drm_gem_object *(*gem_create_object)(struct drm_device *dev,
size_t size);