diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
index ea8f7d7daf7f4dd76e20d5b075b328f3b02a152e..52e23780fce1d900b25cfa84af883a739055c6b7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ struct mdp5_cfg_handler *mdp5_cfg_init(struct mdp5_kms *mdp5_kms,
 	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)