diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_stolen.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_stolen.c
index 551935348ad8e..a1e197a6e999d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_stolen.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_stolen.c
@@ -753,22 +753,18 @@ i915_gem_object_create_stolen_for_preallocated(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	mutex_lock(&i915->mm.stolen_lock);
 	ret = drm_mm_reserve_node(&i915->mm.stolen, stolen);
 	mutex_unlock(&i915->mm.stolen_lock);
-	if (ret) {
-		obj = ERR_PTR(ret);
+	if (ret)
 		goto err_free;
-	}
 
 	obj = i915_gem_object_alloc();
 	if (!obj) {
-		obj = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_stolen;
 	}
 
 	ret = __i915_gem_object_create_stolen(mem, obj, stolen);
-	if (ret) {
-		obj = ERR_PTR(ret);
+	if (ret)
 		goto err_object_free;
-	}
 
 	i915_gem_object_set_cache_coherency(obj, I915_CACHE_NONE);
 	return obj;
@@ -779,7 +775,7 @@ i915_gem_object_create_stolen_for_preallocated(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	i915_gem_stolen_remove_node(i915, stolen);
 err_free:
 	kfree(stolen);
-	return obj;
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 bool i915_gem_object_is_stolen(const struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)