diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 452e71a1b753..4469b63c9b7b 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ static int start_read(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *page_list, int max)
 				    NULL, 0,
 				    ci->i_truncate_seq, ci->i_truncate_size,
 				    NULL, false, 1, 0);
-	if (!req)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(req))
+		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
 	/* build page vector */
 	nr_pages = len >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
@@ -832,8 +832,8 @@ get_more_pages:
 					    ci->i_truncate_size,
 					    &inode->i_mtime, true, 1, 0);
 
-				if (!req) {
-					rc = -ENOMEM;
+				if (IS_ERR(req)) {
+					rc = PTR_ERR(req);
 					unlock_page(page);
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index ecebbc09bfc7..5840d2aaed15 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ more:
 				    do_sync,
 				    ci->i_truncate_seq, ci->i_truncate_size,
 				    &mtime, false, 2, page_align);
-	if (!req)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(req))
+		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
 	if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
 		pages = ceph_get_direct_page_vector(data, num_pages, false);
diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index f7b56e23988c..ccbdfbba9e53 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_new_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 {
 	struct ceph_osd_req_op ops[3];
 	struct ceph_osd_request *req;
+	int r;
 
 	ops[0].op = opcode;
 	ops[0].extent.truncate_seq = truncate_seq;
@@ -482,10 +483,12 @@ struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_new_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 					 use_mempool,
 					 GFP_NOFS, NULL, NULL);
 	if (!req)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	/* calculate max write size */
-	calc_layout(osdc, vino, layout, off, plen, req, ops);
+	r = calc_layout(osdc, vino, layout, off, plen, req, ops);
+	if (r < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(r);
 	req->r_file_layout = *layout;  /* keep a copy */
 
 	/* in case it differs from natural (file) alignment that
@@ -1928,8 +1931,8 @@ int ceph_osdc_readpages(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 				    CEPH_OSD_OP_READ, CEPH_OSD_FLAG_READ,
 				    NULL, 0, truncate_seq, truncate_size, NULL,
 				    false, 1, page_align);
-	if (!req)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(req))
+		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
 	/* it may be a short read due to an object boundary */
 	req->r_pages = pages;
@@ -1971,8 +1974,8 @@ int ceph_osdc_writepages(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, struct ceph_vino vino,
 				    snapc, do_sync,
 				    truncate_seq, truncate_size, mtime,
 				    nofail, 1, page_align);
-	if (!req)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(req))
+		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
 	/* it may be a short write due to an object boundary */
 	req->r_pages = pages;