diff --git a/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c b/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c
index 90baad0af24d151dc94b272e0c95380ad2f6d462..9e8fa1834a154912944d8a6d6684b0c6f679f440 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ struct tegra_xusb_lane *tegra_xusb_find_lane(struct tegra_xusb_padctl *padctl,
 
 	name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-%u", type, index);
 	if (!name)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(lane, &padctl->lanes, list) {
 		if (strcmp(lane->soc->name, name) == 0) {