diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 4e74db89bd23..b17998fa03f1 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -740,8 +740,10 @@ static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image)
 
 	sha_region_sz = KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX * sizeof(struct kexec_sha_region);
 	sha_regions = vzalloc(sha_region_sz);
-	if (!sha_regions)
+	if (!sha_regions) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_free_desc;
+	}
 
 	desc->tfm   = tfm;