diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/halmac/halmac_88xx/halmac_func_88xx.c b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/halmac/halmac_88xx/halmac_func_88xx.c
index 53f55f129a760267e2cb508dd163fa11c9653ca2..ec742da030dbab1a9d40f2d177c20d62df2c9886 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/halmac/halmac_88xx/halmac_func_88xx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/halmac/halmac_88xx/halmac_func_88xx.c
@@ -2466,8 +2466,11 @@ halmac_parse_psd_data_88xx(struct halmac_adapter *halmac_adapter, u8 *c2h_buf,
 	segment_size = (u8)PSD_DATA_GET_SEGMENT_SIZE(c2h_buf);
 	psd_set->data_size = total_size;
 
-	if (!psd_set->data)
+	if (!psd_set->data) {
 		psd_set->data = kzalloc(psd_set->data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!psd_set->data)
+			return HALMAC_CMD_PROCESS_ERROR;
+	}
 
 	if (segment_id == 0)
 		psd_set->segment_size = segment_size;