diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index a68569ec86bf979a53f5fc76a48f18a0be1514be..3be6405d9855ecdf86ae4e6e94677baa474027e4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *get_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int len, gfp_t gfp)
 		skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 	} else {
 		skb = alloc_skb(len, gfp);
+		if (!skb)
+			return NULL;
 	}
 	t4_set_arp_err_handler(skb, NULL, NULL);
 	return skb;