diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/cobalt_lcdfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/cobalt_lcdfb.c
index 2d3b691..038ac69 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/cobalt_lcdfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/cobalt_lcdfb.c
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@
 	info->screen_size = resource_size(res);
 	info->screen_base = devm_ioremap(&dev->dev, res->start,
 					 info->screen_size);
+	if (!info->screen_base) {
+		framebuffer_release(info);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	info->fbops = &cobalt_lcd_fbops;
 	info->fix = cobalt_lcdfb_fix;
 	info->fix.smem_start = res->start;