diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 38a9496f83f3..71df1a3c2dac 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static unsigned long maximum_alignment(struct elf_phdr *cmds, int nr)
  *
  * Loads ELF program headers from the binary file elf_file, which has the ELF
  * header pointed to by elf_ex, into a newly allocated array. The caller is
- * responsible for freeing the allocated data. Returns an ERR_PTR upon failure.
+ * responsible for freeing the allocated data. Returns NULL upon failure.
  */
 static struct elf_phdr *load_elf_phdrs(const struct elfhdr *elf_ex,
 				       struct file *elf_file)