diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 94164f2dec6d..7a53d1cf8e82 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -4783,8 +4783,10 @@ static struct scx_sched *scx_alloc_and_add_sched(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
 	}
 
 	sch->pcpu = alloc_percpu(struct scx_sched_pcpu);
-	if (!sch->pcpu)
+	if (!sch->pcpu) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_free_gdsqs;
+	}
 
 	sch->helper = kthread_run_worker(0, "sched_ext_helper");
 	if (IS_ERR(sch->helper)) {