* efivar_create_sysfs_entry - create a new entry in sysfs
  * @new_var: efivar entry to create
  *
- * Returns 1 on failure, 0 on success
+ * Returns 0 on success, negative error code on failure
  */
 static int
 efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivar_entry *new_var)
        char *short_name;
        unsigned long variable_name_size;
        efi_char16_t *variable_name;
+       int ret;
 
        variable_name = new_var->var.VariableName;
        variable_name_size = ucs2_strlen(variable_name) * sizeof(efi_char16_t);
        short_name = kzalloc(short_name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 
        if (!short_name)
-               return 1;
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
        /* Convert Unicode to normal chars (assume top bits are 0),
           ala UTF-8 */
 
        new_var->kobj.kset = efivars_kset;
 
-       i = kobject_init_and_add(&new_var->kobj, &efivar_ktype,
+       ret = kobject_init_and_add(&new_var->kobj, &efivar_ktype,
                                   NULL, "%s", short_name);
        kfree(short_name);
-       if (i)
-               return 1;
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        kobject_uevent(&new_var->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
        efivar_entry_add(new_var, &efivar_sysfs_list);