diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index 266baa11df64b..bc5ddeb845b0c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -2063,8 +2063,10 @@ static struct i915_hw_ppgtt *gen6_ppgtt_create(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	ppgtt->base.vm.pte_encode = ggtt->vm.pte_encode;
 
 	ppgtt->work = kmalloc(sizeof(*ppgtt->work), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ppgtt->work)
+	if (!ppgtt->work) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_free;
+	}
 
 	err = gen6_ppgtt_init_scratch(ppgtt);
 	if (err)