diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_flow_table.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_flow_table.c
index 6feebda4b3e47d95dadc8e2d588db2259bcd2f7b..120db80c47aac425bf3c9d2eaac8b6ccd4cd674b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_flow_table.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_flow_table.c
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ static int mlx5e_create_main_flow_table(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 	u8 *dmac;
 
 	g = kcalloc(9, sizeof(*g), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!g)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	g[0].log_sz = 2;
 	g[0].match_criteria_enable = MLX5_MATCH_OUTER_HEADERS;