diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c
index 02662e72c53d..eeb258002d1e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
 
 	ret = kexec_build_elf_info(kernel_buf, kernel_len, &ehdr, &elf_info);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
 		/* min & max buffer values for kdump case */