diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index ec73a0d52d3e..323e622ff9b7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ static int __devinet_sysctl_register(struct net *net, char *dev_name,
 free:
 	kfree(t);
 out:
-	return -ENOBUFS;
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static void __devinet_sysctl_unregister(struct net *net,