diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index 36eb16a40745..95cc4d79ba29 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -1842,7 +1842,13 @@ static ssize_t vmci_transport_stream_enqueue(
 	struct msghdr *msg,
 	size_t len)
 {
-	return vmci_qpair_enquev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
+	ssize_t err;
+
+	err = vmci_qpair_enquev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
+	if (err < 0)
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static s64 vmci_transport_stream_has_data(struct vsock_sock *vsk)