diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 07a99b6d4bbe..74c00bc92b9a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ nfsd4_decode_test_stateid(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, struct nfsd4_test_sta
 	for (i = 0; i < test_stateid->ts_num_ids; i++) {
 		stateid = kmalloc(sizeof(struct nfsd4_test_stateid_id), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!stateid) {
-			status = PTR_ERR(stateid);
+			status = nfserrno(-ENOMEM);
 			goto out;
 		}