diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 5528b0af82ae984e83296ffe93e72cac917ef7fd..644f3c96373029af02ea9c8cec801c04e2329228 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -1674,6 +1674,14 @@ fec_enet_rx_queue(struct net_device *ndev, int budget, u16 queue_id)
 		 * bridging applications.
 		 */
 		skb = build_skb(page_address(page), PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (unlikely(!skb)) {
+			page_pool_recycle_direct(rxq->page_pool, page);
+			ndev->stats.rx_dropped++;
+
+			netdev_err_once(ndev, "build_skb failed!\n");
+			goto rx_processing_done;
+		}
+
 		skb_reserve(skb, data_start);
 		skb_put(skb, pkt_len - sub_len);
 		skb_mark_for_recycle(skb);