diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
index 97372bb241d8..4ad36bc8fe5e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ static int msm_hdmi_init(struct hdmi *hdmi)
 	int ret;
 
 	hdmi->workq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("msm_hdmi", 0);
+	if (!hdmi->workq) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	hdmi->i2c = msm_hdmi_i2c_init(hdmi);
 	if (IS_ERR(hdmi->i2c)) {