diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
index f293e6ad52da..1cc8f3fc8e4b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ static int virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	 * since virtio_gpu doesn't support dma-buf import from other devices.
 	 */
 	shmem->pages = drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table(&bo->base);
-	if (!shmem->pages) {
+	if (IS_ERR(shmem->pages)) {
 		drm_gem_shmem_unpin(&bo->base);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return PTR_ERR(shmem->pages);
 	}
 
 	if (use_dma_api) {