diff --git a/lib/krb5/config_file.c b/lib/krb5/config_file.c
index 162f862dd..d086856f6 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/config_file.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/config_file.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ krb5_config_parse_file_multi (krb5_context context,
 	if (home) {
 	    asprintf(&newfname, "%s%s", home, &fname[1]);
 	    if (newfname == NULL) {
-		krb5_set_error_message(context, ret,
+		krb5_set_error_message(context, ENOMEM,
 				       N_("malloc: out of memory", ""));
 		return ENOMEM;
 	    }