diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 6da975db112f..d9504d38c276 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addres
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	if (!pte)
+		return NULL;
 	pgtable_page_ctor(pte);
 	return pte;
 }