diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
index 8e1ef0056d6b..f26886d7738b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int rndis_filter_query_device(struct rndis_device *dev, u32 oid,
 	request = get_rndis_request(dev, REMOTE_NDIS_QUERY_MSG,
 			RNDIS_MESSAGE_SIZE(struct rndis_query_request));
 	if (!request) {
-		ret = -1;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto Cleanup;
 	}