diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 19014a87a7db44b3181cb0b30f538dfcbea7160d..c1a1bd7aa9ec47e2a0f6241356240a5ae132de85 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -1104,6 +1104,12 @@ static void detached_dev_do_request(struct bcache_device *d, struct bio *bio)
 	 * which would call closure_get(&dc->disk.cl)
 	 */
 	ddip = kzalloc(sizeof(struct detached_dev_io_private), GFP_NOIO);
+	if (!ddip) {
+		bio->bi_status = BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
+		bio->bi_end_io(bio);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	ddip->d = d;
 	/* Count on the bcache device */
 	ddip->start_time = part_start_io_acct(d->disk, &ddip->part, bio);