diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
index 871599826773..91f9263f3c3b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
@@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ int ttm_page_alloc_init(struct ttm_mem_global *glob, unsigned max_pages)
 	pr_info("Initializing pool allocator\n");
 
 	_manager = kzalloc(sizeof(*_manager), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!_manager)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ttm_page_pool_init_locked(&_manager->wc_pool, GFP_HIGHUSER, "wc");