diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c
index 5b3a3f6a9ad31fd845bd18cdd3197d9c75833c84..d99f5242169e7acb31f8cfa71cd6e14d24e94c82 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c
@@ -2277,6 +2277,8 @@ static int __init octeon_irq_init_cib(struct device_node *ciu_node,
 	}
 
 	host_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*host_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!host_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&host_data->lock);
 
 	addr = of_get_address(ciu_node, 0, NULL, NULL);