diff --git a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c
index b8ac8710f47fb200d602bc2917598a153cad6884..b12308b5ba2a01170b56b5cd7b69a9d1d93aa6e3 100644
--- a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c
+++ b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c
@@ -6585,7 +6585,7 @@ static int __devinit snd_hdspm_create(struct snd_card *card,
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "HDSPM: "
 				"unable to kmalloc Mixer memory of %d Bytes\n",
 				(int)sizeof(struct hdspm_mixer));
-		return err;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	hdspm->port_names_in = NULL;