diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index b20d3ec75de..03c7fd55c5f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3730,7 +3730,7 @@ tracing_stats_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 
 	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s)
-		return ENOMEM;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	trace_seq_init(s);