diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 0423e2e..3ab798d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5285,8 +5285,10 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto out6;
 	ext4_kset = kset_create_and_add("ext4", NULL, fs_kobj);
-	if (!ext4_kset)
+	if (!ext4_kset) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out5;
+	}
 	ext4_proc_root = proc_mkdir("fs/ext4", NULL);
 
 	err = ext4_init_feat_adverts();