diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
index 39a2503fa3e18e8816dde7078c43dc5c5d509b5e..51028abe5e9038a127a39f5473049704120b66c6 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ static int get_vdev_port_node_info(struct mdesc_handle *md, u64 node,
 
 	node_info->vdev_port.id = *idp;
 	node_info->vdev_port.name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!node_info->vdev_port.name)
+		return -1;
 	node_info->vdev_port.parent_cfg_hdl = *parent_cfg_hdlp;
 
 	return 0;