diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c b/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
index 34130449f2d28c27dc3b2e23d9f39a43ce62c3bc..39aa27942f28b3d49ed91327e574666023c4fd6f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ static int brcm_nvram_parse(struct brcm_nvram *priv)
 	len = le32_to_cpu(header.len);
 
 	data = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	memcpy_fromio(data, priv->base, len);
 	data[len - 1] = '\0';