diff --git a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipu-v3/ipu-dp.c b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipu-v3/ipu-dp.c
index 113b046c0225..04495158398e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipu-v3/ipu-dp.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipu-v3/ipu-dp.c
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ int ipu_dp_init(struct ipu_soc *ipu, struct device *dev, unsigned long base)
 	int i;
 
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	priv->dev = dev;
 	priv->ipu = ipu;