diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
index c379ff5a4438d..491c5d8120f75 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ long kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce(struct kvm *kvm,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	stt = kzalloc(sizeof(*stt) + npages * sizeof(struct page *),
 		      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!stt)