u32 insn_adj_cnt, insn_rest, insn_delta = len - 1;
        const u32 cnt_max = S16_MAX;
        struct bpf_prog *prog_adj;
+       int err;
 
        /* Since our patchlet doesn't expand the image, we're done. */
        if (insn_delta == 0) {
         * we afterwards may not fail anymore.
         */
        if (insn_adj_cnt > cnt_max &&
-           bpf_adj_branches(prog, off, off + 1, off + len, true))
-               return NULL;
+           (err = bpf_adj_branches(prog, off, off + 1, off + len, true)))
+               return ERR_PTR(err);
 
        /* Several new instructions need to be inserted. Make room
         * for them. Likely, there's no need for a new allocation as
        prog_adj = bpf_prog_realloc(prog, bpf_prog_size(insn_adj_cnt),
                                    GFP_USER);
        if (!prog_adj)
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
        prog_adj->len = insn_adj_cnt;
 
                        continue;
 
                tmp = bpf_patch_insn_single(clone, i, insn_buff, rewritten);
-               if (!tmp) {
+               if (IS_ERR(tmp)) {
                        /* Patching may have repointed aux->prog during
                         * realloc from the original one, so we need to
                         * fix it up here on error.
                         */
                        bpf_jit_prog_release_other(prog, clone);
-                       return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+                       return tmp;
                }
 
                clone = tmp;
 
        struct bpf_prog *new_prog;
 
        new_prog = bpf_patch_insn_single(env->prog, off, patch, len);
-       if (!new_prog)
+       if (IS_ERR(new_prog)) {
+               if (PTR_ERR(new_prog) == -ERANGE)
+                       verbose(env,
+                               "insn %d cannot be patched due to 16-bit range\n",
+                               env->insn_aux_data[off].orig_idx);
                return NULL;
+       }
        if (adjust_insn_aux_data(env, new_prog->len, off, len))
                return NULL;
        adjust_subprog_starts(env, off, len);