diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
index 1e01184f4ee2..642bd63932d0 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ load_root:
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
 
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}