diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
index 33bb1f2b63e4..6f27d9a1be3b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
@@ -1453,8 +1453,10 @@ int ubi_attach(struct ubi_device *ubi, int force_scan)
 		struct ubi_attach_info *scan_ai;
 
 		scan_ai = alloc_ai("ubi_ckh_aeb_slab_cache");
-		if (!scan_ai)
+		if (!scan_ai) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_wl;
+		}
 
 		err = scan_all(ubi, scan_ai, 0);
 		if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index e05dc6298c1d..57deae961429 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -1245,8 +1245,10 @@ static int __init ubi_init(void)
 	ubi_wl_entry_slab = kmem_cache_create("ubi_wl_entry_slab",
 					      sizeof(struct ubi_wl_entry),
 					      0, 0, NULL);
-	if (!ubi_wl_entry_slab)
+	if (!ubi_wl_entry_slab) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_dev_unreg;
+	}
 
 	err = ubi_debugfs_init();
 	if (err)