diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index 6f75887..ff62ddc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@
 	s->pending_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, pending_cache);
 	if (!s->pending_pool) {
 		ti->error = "Could not allocate mempool for pending exceptions";
+		r = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bad_pending_pool;
 	}