diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index 177f816..0d1e8fb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
 			return NULL;
 		kref_init(&new->h.ref);
 		new->h.name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (new->h.name == NULL) {
+			kfree(new);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		new->h.flavour = &svcauth_unix;
 		new->addr_changes = 0;
 		rv = auth_domain_lookup(name, &new->h);