diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
index cf6085b..4ea672e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ radeon_user_framebuffer_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret) {
 		kfree(radeon_fb);
 		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
 	return &radeon_fb->base;