diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/AnonymousFile.h b/Kernel/FileSystem/AnonymousFile.h
index 7b275b4771..bbca01859d 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/AnonymousFile.h
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/AnonymousFile.h
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ namespace Kernel {
 
 class AnonymousFile final : public File {
 public:
-    static RefPtr<AnonymousFile> create(NonnullRefPtr<Memory::AnonymousVMObject> vmobject)
+    static KResultOr<NonnullRefPtr<AnonymousFile>> try_create(NonnullRefPtr<Memory::AnonymousVMObject> vmobject)
     {
-        return adopt_ref_if_nonnull(new (nothrow) AnonymousFile(move(vmobject)));
+        return adopt_nonnull_ref_or_enomem(new (nothrow) AnonymousFile(move(vmobject)));
     }
 
     virtual ~AnonymousFile() override;
diff --git a/Kernel/Syscalls/anon_create.cpp b/Kernel/Syscalls/anon_create.cpp
index ecbaa7e313..182a68fcb6 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscalls/anon_create.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscalls/anon_create.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ KResultOr<FlatPtr> Process::sys$anon_create(size_t size, int options)
     if (maybe_vmobject.is_error())
         return maybe_vmobject.error();
 
-    auto anon_file = AnonymousFile::create(maybe_vmobject.release_value());
-    if (!anon_file)
-        return ENOMEM;
-    auto description_or_error = FileDescription::try_create(*anon_file);
+    auto anon_file_or_error = AnonymousFile::try_create(maybe_vmobject.release_value());
+    if (anon_file_or_error.is_error())
+        return anon_file_or_error.error();
+    auto description_or_error = FileDescription::try_create(anon_file_or_error.release_value());
     if (description_or_error.is_error())
         return description_or_error.error();