diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index d4e81e4..c414929 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1848,8 +1848,8 @@
 
 	*bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
 	if (!*bh) {
-		mlog_errno(-EIO);
-		return -EIO;
+		mlog_errno(-ENOMEM);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	lock_buffer(*bh);
 	if (!buffer_dirty(*bh))