diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/symtab.c b/security/selinux/ss/symtab.c
index bcf9f62..160326e 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/symtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/symtab.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 {
 	s->table = hashtab_create(symhash, symcmp, size);
 	if (!s->table)
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	s->nprim = 0;
 	return 0;
 }