diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c b/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c
index 12cdff640492..0a8883a93e83 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ static noinline int nft_socket_cgroup_subtree_level(void)
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = cgroup_get_from_path("/");
 	int level;
 
-	if (!cgrp)
-		return -ENOENT;
+	if (IS_ERR(cgrp))
+		return PTR_ERR(cgrp);
 
 	level = cgrp->level;