diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index a2b0cbc8741c2ff1cf175c4d70a7eba6b7d37050..1e0b016fdc2b121722aab37f11a8d4da7c0a146d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,8 @@ int __ref efi_mem_reserve_persistent(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size)
 	/* first try to find a slot in an existing linked list entry */
 	for (prsv = efi_memreserve_root->next; prsv; ) {
 		rsv = memremap(prsv, sizeof(*rsv), MEMREMAP_WB);
+		if (!rsv)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		index = atomic_fetch_add_unless(&rsv->count, 1, rsv->size);
 		if (index < rsv->size) {
 			rsv->entry[index].base = addr;