diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 1ca88908723badfcb3aa9d07463b8f2988c28981..afe7e21dd0ae8a7dce4db7ee1a480ce931c42247 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static int vring_add_indirect(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
 
 	desc = kmalloc((out + in) * sizeof(struct vring_desc), gfp);
 	if (!desc)
-		return vq->vring.num;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Transfer entries from the sg list into the indirect page */
 	for (i = 0; i < out; i++) {