diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index f6ee7f4040c1..5383b6a9da61 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -4484,7 +4484,7 @@ enum sctp_disposition sctp_sf_eat_auth(struct net *net,
 				    SCTP_AUTH_NEW_KEY, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 		if (!ev)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return SCTP_DISPOSITION_NOMEM;
 
 		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_EVENT_ULP,
 				SCTP_ULPEVENT(ev));