diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
index 7ce9cf3b6988..b0c75cc15efc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ unsigned long slice_get_unmapped_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 	if (fixed && (addr & ((1ul << pshift) - 1)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (fixed && addr > (mm->task_size - len))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* If hint, make sure it matches our alignment restrictions */
 	if (!fixed && addr) {