diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_ethtool.c
index fea42542be2806853cc5d7d845ad5d8b41f7f052..06811c60d598e16a6d8bd8a739ead87c757d7b65 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_ethtool.c
@@ -716,6 +716,9 @@ int lan966x_stats_init(struct lan966x *lan966x)
 	snprintf(queue_name, sizeof(queue_name), "%s-stats",
 		 dev_name(lan966x->dev));
 	lan966x->stats_queue = create_singlethread_workqueue(queue_name);
+	if (!lan966x->stats_queue)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&lan966x->stats_work, lan966x_check_stats_work);
 	queue_delayed_work(lan966x->stats_queue, &lan966x->stats_work,
 			   LAN966X_STATS_CHECK_DELAY);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ethtool.c
index 6b0febcb7fa9938946d7552f8bdaad0fbcfe62b1..01f3a3a41cdb32ecc9e4c87b150852efec89e02e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ethtool.c
@@ -1253,6 +1253,9 @@ int sparx_stats_init(struct sparx5 *sparx5)
 	snprintf(queue_name, sizeof(queue_name), "%s-stats",
 		 dev_name(sparx5->dev));
 	sparx5->stats_queue = create_singlethread_workqueue(queue_name);
+	if (!sparx5->stats_queue)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sparx5->stats_work, sparx5_check_stats_work);
 	queue_delayed_work(sparx5->stats_queue, &sparx5->stats_work,
 			   SPX5_STATS_CHECK_DELAY);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c
index 62a325e963450b393e1003dcabed9a650a431aca..eeac04b846382a0a78418fa665e9507dc4f69e67 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c
@@ -659,6 +659,9 @@ static int sparx5_start(struct sparx5 *sparx5)
 	snprintf(queue_name, sizeof(queue_name), "%s-mact",
 		 dev_name(sparx5->dev));
 	sparx5->mact_queue = create_singlethread_workqueue(queue_name);
+	if (!sparx5->mact_queue)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sparx5->mact_work, sparx5_mact_pull_work);
 	queue_delayed_work(sparx5->mact_queue, &sparx5->mact_work,
 			   SPX5_MACT_PULL_DELAY);