diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 6a858d1a5bb3..58cec627a821 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	inode = efivarfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, dir, mode, 0);
 	if (!inode)
-		return -ENOSPC;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	var = kzalloc(sizeof(struct efivar_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!var) {