diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
index fd05f7e9f43f..df05fe53c399 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
@@ -389,12 +389,16 @@ int tiler_unpin(struct tiler_block *block)
 struct tiler_block *tiler_reserve_2d(enum tiler_fmt fmt, uint16_t w,
 		uint16_t h, uint16_t align)
 {
-	struct tiler_block *block = kzalloc(sizeof(*block), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct tiler_block *block;
 	u32 min_align = 128;
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 slot_bytes;
 
+	block = kzalloc(sizeof(*block), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!block)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
 	BUG_ON(!validfmt(fmt));
 
 	/* convert width/height to slots */