diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
index 91e7dddbf72c..b33199af8877 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -1743,8 +1743,10 @@ static int sci_request_irq(struct sci_port *port)
 		desc = sci_irq_desc + i;
 		port->irqstr[j] = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%s",
 					    dev_name(up->dev), desc->desc);
-		if (!port->irqstr[j])
+		if (!port->irqstr[j]) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_nomem;
+		}
 
 		ret = request_irq(irq, desc->handler, up->irqflags,
 				  port->irqstr[j], port);