diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_ring.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_ring.c
index 9371243..a4d97ea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_ring.c
@@ -493,6 +493,9 @@
 	struct lis3l02dq_state *state = indio_dev->dev_data;
 
 	state->trig = iio_allocate_trigger();
+	if (!state->trig)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	state->trig->name = kmalloc(IIO_TRIGGER_NAME_LENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!state->trig->name) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;