diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
index 184cb97c83bd..b6183f1f4ebc 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ struct persistent_ram_zone *persistent_ram_new(phys_addr_t start, size_t size,
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&prz->buffer_lock);
 	prz->flags = flags;
 	prz->label = kstrdup(label, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!prz->label)
+		goto err;
 
 	ret = persistent_ram_buffer_map(start, size, prz, memtype);
 	if (ret)