diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
index 6a3470f84998..732713ff3190 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
@@ -607,6 +607,8 @@ static struct kfd_event_waiter *alloc_event_waiters(uint32_t num_events)
 	event_waiters = kmalloc_array(num_events,
 					sizeof(struct kfd_event_waiter),
 					GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!event_waiters)
+		return NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; (event_waiters) && (i < num_events) ; i++) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event_waiters[i].waiters);