diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
index a7355260cfcfc4d15b0354ab07dc90ad41761407..a5ebf8f49fa81fbe06bf3c0ca871b768c94a0f22 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
@@ -90,14 +90,24 @@ static int ioctl_send_fib(struct aac_dev * dev, void __user *arg)
 	if (size < le16_to_cpu(kfib->header.SenderSize))
 		size = le16_to_cpu(kfib->header.SenderSize);
 	if (size > dev->max_fib_size) {
+		dma_addr_t daddr;
+
 		if (size > 2048) {
 			retval = -EINVAL;
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
+
+		kfib = pci_alloc_consistent(dev->pdev, size, &daddr);
+		if (!kfib) {
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+
 		/* Highjack the hw_fib */
 		hw_fib = fibptr->hw_fib_va;
 		hw_fib_pa = fibptr->hw_fib_pa;
-		fibptr->hw_fib_va = kfib = pci_alloc_consistent(dev->pdev, size, &fibptr->hw_fib_pa);
+		fibptr->hw_fib_va = kfib;
+		fibptr->hw_fib_pa = daddr;
 		memset(((char *)kfib) + dev->max_fib_size, 0, size - dev->max_fib_size);
 		memcpy(kfib, hw_fib, dev->max_fib_size);
 	}