diff --git a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
index 5c809c056859..59bf43899fc0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int fill(struct tcm_area *area, struct page **pages,
 
 	txn = dmm_txn_init(omap_dmm, area->tcm);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(txn))
-		return PTR_ERR(-ENOMEM);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	tcm_for_each_slice(slice, *area, area_s) {
 		struct pat_area p_area = {