diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 0028efa0abc30..f8c27d3ef3a13 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9469,8 +9469,10 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 		event->addr_filters_offs = kcalloc(pmu->nr_addr_filters,
 						   sizeof(unsigned long),
 						   GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!event->addr_filters_offs)
+		if (!event->addr_filters_offs) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err_per_task;
+		}
 
 		/* force hw sync on the address filters */
 		event->addr_filters_gen = 1;