diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
index 2960b6d..9903f27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
 			continue;
 
 		tmp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct drm_info_node), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (tmp == NULL) {
+			ret = -1;
+			goto fail;
+		}
 		ent = debugfs_create_file(files[i].name, S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
 					  root, tmp, &drm_debugfs_fops);
 		if (!ent) {