diff --git a/src/shared/libcrypt-util.c b/src/shared/libcrypt-util.c
index 2f3abe4e89..50b2502166 100644
--- a/src/shared/libcrypt-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/libcrypt-util.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static char* systemd_crypt_ra(const char *phrase, const char *setting, void **da
         if (!*data) {
                 *data = new0(struct crypt_data, 1);
                 if (!*data) {
-                        errno = -ENOMEM;
+                        errno = ENOMEM;
                         return NULL;
                 }