diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_context.c
index 1a46b18bf2b7c..be08776510984 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_context.c
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ static int vmw_gb_context_init(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 		for (i = 0; i < SVGA_COTABLE_DX10_MAX; ++i) {
 			uctx->cotables[i] = vmw_cotable_alloc(dev_priv,
 							      &uctx->res, i);
-			if (unlikely(uctx->cotables[i] == NULL)) {
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
+			if (unlikely(IS_ERR(uctx->cotables[i]))) {
+				ret = PTR_ERR(uctx->cotables[i]);
 				goto out_cotables;
 			}
 		}