diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index 4d6f25fdcc0e..664e0f374ac0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -2022,8 +2022,10 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT)(
 
 		num_alloc_xa_entries++;
 		event_sub = kzalloc(sizeof(*event_sub), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!event_sub)
+		if (!event_sub) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err;
+		}
 
 		list_add_tail(&event_sub->event_list, &sub_list);
 		if (use_eventfd) {