diff --git a/drivers/net/korina.c b/drivers/net/korina.c
index 6df9d25..51ca54c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/korina.c
+++ b/drivers/net/korina.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
 	.get_link               = netdev_get_link,
 };
 
-static void korina_alloc_ring(struct net_device *dev)
+static int korina_alloc_ring(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct korina_private *lp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < KORINA_NUM_RDS; i++) {
 		skb = dev_alloc_skb(KORINA_RBSIZE + 2);
 		if (!skb)
-			break;
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		skb_reserve(skb, 2);
 		lp->rx_skb[i] = skb;
 		lp->rd_ring[i].control = DMA_DESC_IOD |
@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@
 	lp->rx_chain_head = 0;
 	lp->rx_chain_tail = 0;
 	lp->rx_chain_status = desc_empty;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void korina_free_ring(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -832,7 +834,11 @@
 	writel(ETH_INT_FC_EN, &lp->eth_regs->ethintfc);
 
 	/* Allocate rings */
-	korina_alloc_ring(dev);
+	if (korina_alloc_ring(dev)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: descriptor allocation failed\n", dev->name);
+		korina_free_ring(dev);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	writel(0, &lp->rx_dma_regs->dmas);
 	/* Start Rx DMA */