diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 4dac51b..54a4eb6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1735,8 +1735,8 @@
 
 	open = get_nfs_open_context(nfs_file_open_context(file));
 	req  = nfs_create_request(open, NULL, NULL, 0, i_size_read(inode));
-	if (!req) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(req);
 		goto out_put;
 	}