diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
index b355899f54cc9..41afb9b8696d2 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ static struct iio_trigger *at91_adc_allocate_trigger(struct iio_dev *indio,
 	trig = devm_iio_trigger_alloc(&indio->dev, "%s-dev%d-%s", indio->name,
 				      indio->id, trigger_name);
 	if (!trig)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	trig->dev.parent = indio->dev.parent;
 	iio_trigger_set_drvdata(trig, indio);