diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c
index df8228b08856..01cdc8aee898 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int __init ion_dummy_init(void)
 	heaps = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ion_heap *) * dummy_ion_pdata.nr,
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!heaps)
-		return PTR_ERR(heaps);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 
 	/* Allocate a dummy carveout heap */