diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 1db6808c494b..9f4618eb51c8 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ static int add_del_listener(pid_t pid, const struct cpumask *mask, int isadd)
 	struct listener_list *listeners;
 	struct listener *s, *tmp, *s2;
 	unsigned int cpu;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!cpumask_subset(mask, cpu_possible_mask))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -304,9 +305,10 @@ static int add_del_listener(pid_t pid, const struct cpumask *mask, int isadd)
 		for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) {
 			s = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct listener),
 					GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
-			if (!s)
+			if (!s) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto cleanup;
-
+			}
 			s->pid = pid;
 			s->valid = 1;
 
@@ -339,7 +341,7 @@ static int add_del_listener(pid_t pid, const struct cpumask *mask, int isadd)
 		}
 		up_write(&listeners->sem);
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int parse(struct nlattr *na, struct cpumask *mask)