diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
index af09905..71af98b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
@@ -4033,8 +4033,10 @@
 	(void)pci_set_consistent_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
 	mgp->cmd = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*mgp->cmd),
 				      &mgp->cmd_bus, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (mgp->cmd == NULL)
+	if (!mgp->cmd) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
 		goto abort_with_enabled;
+	}
 
 	mgp->board_span = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0);
 	mgp->iomem_base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);