diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c
index c80765b211cf..dd03fead1ca3 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct x509_certificate *x509_cert_parse(const void *data, size_t datalen)
 		}
 	}
 
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	cert->pub->key = kmemdup(ctx->key, ctx->key_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cert->pub->key)
 		goto error_decode;