diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 8d47c6b70c9f..7e51d2cec64b 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ static int hostfs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	*foliop = __filemap_get_folio(mapping, index, FGP_WRITEBEGIN,
 			mapping_gfp_mask(mapping));
-	if (!*foliop)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(*foliop))
+		return PTR_ERR(*foliop);
 	return 0;
 }