diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index 177f81608cfbaa1fd983b2b22497a74c58f96b67..0d1e8fb83b930ee4e9e472d07e2f265875389b02 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ struct auth_domain *unix_domain_find(char *name)
 			return NULL;
 		kref_init(&new->h.ref);
 		new->h.name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (new->h.name == NULL) {
+			kfree(new);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		new->h.flavour = &svcauth_unix;
 		new->addr_changes = 0;
 		rv = auth_domain_lookup(name, &new->h);