diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 04be4cfcccc1..819567e40565 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ static struct drm_gem_object *_msm_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	ret = msm_gem_new_impl(dev, size, flags, &obj);
 	if (ret)
-		goto fail;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	msm_obj = to_msm_bo(obj);
 
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_import(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	ret = msm_gem_new_impl(dev, size, MSM_BO_WC, &obj);
 	if (ret)
-		goto fail;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	drm_gem_private_object_init(dev, obj, size);