diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index e66046456f4ffebab2ec0300e0537a1fb1911e56..d0a32796550fcdf81e40d18cda31a3b353d332d5 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ static int cgroupstats_user_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	na = nla_reserve(rep_skb, CGROUPSTATS_TYPE_CGROUP_STATS,
 				sizeof(struct cgroupstats));
+	if (na == NULL) {
+		rc = -EMSGSIZE;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	stats = nla_data(na);
 	memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats));