diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index d29bb53..7655436 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -4006,11 +4006,21 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (!buffer_info->dma)
+		if (!buffer_info->dma) {
 			buffer_info->dma = pci_map_page(pdev,
 			                                buffer_info->page, 0,
 			                                buffer_info->length,
 			                                PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
+			if (pci_dma_mapping_error(pdev, buffer_info->dma)) {
+				put_page(buffer_info->page);
+				dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+				buffer_info->page = NULL;
+				buffer_info->skb = NULL;
+				buffer_info->dma = 0;
+				adapter->alloc_rx_buff_failed++;
+				break; /* while !buffer_info->skb */
+			}
+		}
 
 		rx_desc = E1000_RX_DESC(*rx_ring, i);
 		rx_desc->buffer_addr = cpu_to_le64(buffer_info->dma);
@@ -4101,6 +4111,13 @@
 						  skb->data,
 						  buffer_info->length,
 						  PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
+		if (pci_dma_mapping_error(pdev, buffer_info->dma)) {
+			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+			buffer_info->skb = NULL;
+			buffer_info->dma = 0;
+			adapter->alloc_rx_buff_failed++;
+			break; /* while !buffer_info->skb */
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * XXX if it was allocated cleanly it will never map to a