diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index 0b8ac1abe1a7..90a3198c9978 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev)
 
 	net = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct net_device_context));
 	if (!net)
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Set initial state */
 	netif_carrier_off(net);