diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 0727ac853b55..5a0ef4361e43 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -2504,7 +2504,7 @@ static int xfrm_do_migrate(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		encap = kmemdup(nla_data(attrs[XFRMA_ENCAP]),
 				sizeof(*encap), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!encap)
-			return 0;
+			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	err = xfrm_migrate(&pi->sel, pi->dir, type, m, n, kmp, net, encap);