diff --git a/drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/memory.c b/drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/memory.c
index 61472a381904..48d2d598a387 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/memory.c
@@ -2332,7 +2332,7 @@ static int get_user_memory(struct hl_device *hdev, u64 addr, u64 size,
 		if (rc < 0)
 			goto destroy_pages;
 		npages = rc;
-		rc = -EFAULT;
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto put_pages;
 	}
 	userptr->npages = npages;