diff --git a/block/blk-iocost.c b/block/blk-iocost.c
index b542f6581814ef6b8628e0e0f23ffb0959dcfb60..afcb3aa3f75d95c1c9ed071237e42de42f64bb66 100644
--- a/block/blk-iocost.c
+++ b/block/blk-iocost.c
@@ -1889,8 +1889,10 @@ static struct blkcg_policy_data *ioc_cpd_alloc(gfp_t gfp)
 	struct ioc_cgrp *iocc;
 
 	iocc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ioc_cgrp), gfp);
-	iocc->dfl_weight = CGROUP_WEIGHT_DFL;
+	if (!iocc)
+		return NULL;
 
+	iocc->dfl_weight = CGROUP_WEIGHT_DFL;
 	return &iocc->cpd;
 }