diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
index 1084999be959..bfc914e4be08 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
@@ -1561,6 +1561,8 @@ static long ll_dir_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			RETURN(rc);
 
 		OBD_ALLOC_LARGE(lmm, lmmsize);
+		if (lmm == NULL)
+			RETURN(-ENOMEM);
 		if (copy_from_user(lmm, lum, lmmsize))
 			GOTO(free_lmm, rc = -EFAULT);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index efe66d996f5e..927b3a03e654 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ struct ll_file_data *ll_file_data_get(void)
 	struct ll_file_data *fd;
 
 	OBD_SLAB_ALLOC_PTR_GFP(fd, ll_file_data_slab, __GFP_IO);
+	if (fd == NULL)
+		return NULL;
 	fd->fd_write_failed = false;
 	return fd;
 }