diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index e922c6aae41b..418f85f1114f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -1527,6 +1527,8 @@ static int btree_gc_rewrite_node(struct btree *b, struct btree_op *op,
 		return 0;
 
 	n = btree_node_alloc_replacement(replace, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(n))
+		return 0;
 
 	/* recheck reserve after allocating replacement node */
 	if (btree_check_reserve(b, NULL)) {