diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index 0642516d36c8807cdd5c7d27c2ca088a4a1d80e5..cde044d41f69aa8954559f65048222767bd81558 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -451,11 +451,14 @@ static int hpfs_remount_fs(struct super_block *s, int *flags, char *data)
 	int o;
 	struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
 	char *new_opts = kstrdup(data, GFP_KERNEL);
-	
+
+	if (!new_opts)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	sync_filesystem(s);
 
 	*flags |= MS_NOATIME;
-	
+
 	hpfs_lock(s);
 	uid = sbi->sb_uid; gid = sbi->sb_gid;
 	umask = 0777 & ~sbi->sb_mode;