diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c
index c2f7f69baf75..3fa1f4fda0f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ struct sun4i_crtc *sun4i_crtc_init(struct drm_device *drm,
 	planes = sunxi_engine_layers_init(drm, engine);
 	if (IS_ERR(planes)) {
 		dev_err(drm->dev, "Couldn't create the planes\n");
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_CAST(planes);
 	}
 
 	/* find primary and cursor planes for drm_crtc_init_with_planes */