diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index ddd15af3a2837..210fc3b4d0d83 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int cmsghdr_from_user_compat_to_kern(struct msghdr *kmsg, struct sock *sk,
 	if (kcmlen > stackbuf_size)
 		kcmsg_base = kcmsg = sock_kmalloc(sk, kcmlen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (kcmsg == NULL)
-		return -ENOBUFS;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Now copy them over neatly. */
 	memset(kcmsg, 0, kcmlen);