diff --git a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_helpers.c b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_helpers.c
index 29275c7209e91..f895363a5e54f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_helpers.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_helpers.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ struct page ** _drm_gem_get_pages(struct drm_gem_object *obj, gfp_t gfpmask)
 		page_cache_release(pages[i]);
 	}
 	drm_free_large(pages);
-	return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(p));
+	return ERR_CAST(p);
 }
 
 /**