diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index 51861a66547cfe8f8127628b8dcbebe3a832d111..74e33a4cdfe8c5fe68a645b45c66867d39d0f228 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -941,6 +941,10 @@ static struct i915_gem_engines *user_engines(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 	unsigned int n;
 
 	e = alloc_engines(num_engines);
+	if (!e)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	e->num_engines = num_engines;
+
 	for (n = 0; n < num_engines; n++) {
 		struct intel_context *ce;
 		int ret;
@@ -974,7 +978,6 @@ static struct i915_gem_engines *user_engines(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 			goto free_engines;
 		}
 	}
-	e->num_engines = num_engines;
 
 	return e;