diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
index cc9a11b7fec93..8260f38025b72 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
@@ -3831,7 +3831,7 @@ static char *ffs_prepare_buffer(const char __user *buf, size_t len)
 
 	data = memdup_user(buf, len);
 	if (IS_ERR(data))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(data));
+		return data;
 
 	pr_vdebug("Buffer from user space:\n");
 	ffs_dump_mem("", data, len);