diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
index f5f3052e32bf..a71f29d5ca04 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static int rndis_filter_init_device(struct rndis_device *dev)
 	request = get_rndis_request(dev, REMOTE_NDIS_INITIALIZE_MSG,
 			RNDIS_MESSAGE_SIZE(struct rndis_initialize_request));
 	if (!request) {
-		ret = -1;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto Cleanup;
 	}
 
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static int rndis_filter_init_device(struct rndis_device *dev)
 		ret = 0;
 	} else {
 		dev->state = RNDIS_DEV_UNINITIALIZED;
-		ret = -1;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 Cleanup: