diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c
index 1ced6eb8b330..b3588240eb39 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c
@@ -558,6 +558,9 @@ static int zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op(struct spi_mem *mem,
 
 	if (op->dummy.nbytes) {
 		tmpbuf = kzalloc(op->dummy.nbytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!tmpbuf)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 		memset(tmpbuf, 0xff, op->dummy.nbytes);
 		reinit_completion(&xqspi->data_completion);
 		xqspi->txbuf = tmpbuf;