diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
index 1688ff500513142d6d5072efb8061f1ae231bb3d..830f7501cb4d4f12fd914ec1bac6b0bbf7bae98d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
@@ -2925,6 +2925,8 @@ int drm_edid_to_speaker_allocation(struct edid *edid, u8 **sadb)
 			/* Speaker Allocation Data Block */
 			if (dbl == 3) {
 				*sadb = kmalloc(dbl, GFP_KERNEL);
+				if (!*sadb)
+					return -ENOMEM;
 				memcpy(*sadb, &db[1], dbl);
 				count = dbl;
 				break;