diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
index 3ee5e02c3e173477aa72ec91eec13ff8994d5898..b0a6522be3d1401fd6a6d7fcd422a6f32625dc6b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
 	intel_engine_mask_t tmp, mask = engine->mask;
 	struct llist_node *first = NULL, *last = NULL;
 	struct intel_gt *gt = engine->gt;
-	int err;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
 
@@ -914,10 +913,8 @@ int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		if (!node) {
 			node = kmem_cache_alloc(global.slab_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!node) {
-				err = ENOMEM;
+			if (!node)
 				goto unwind;
-			}
 
 			RCU_INIT_POINTER(node->base.fence, NULL);
 			node->base.cb.func = node_retire;
@@ -965,7 +962,7 @@ int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
 
 		kmem_cache_free(global.slab_cache, node);
 	}
-	return err;
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 void i915_active_acquire_barrier(struct i915_active *ref)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
index 57dd6f5122eedc4f01c59cfdd1838ebebcf4834d..c1dcd4b91bda071850c7c8bd51b6c4068d07848a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int __igt_breadcrumbs_smoketest(void *arg)
 		if (!wait) {
 			i915_sw_fence_commit(submit);
 			heap_fence_put(submit);
-			err = ENOMEM;
+			err = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
 		}