diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
index 8b4e300..86b0448 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
 	if (cfg_handler)
 		mdp5_cfg_destroy(cfg_handler);
 
-	return NULL;
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 static struct mdp5_cfg_platform *mdp5_get_config(struct platform_device *dev)