diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 56224ffa94d2c62eed3d3d945158c723d4ddffc5..938fc4ede764b42c23b217c213ff29d09b22c501 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1176,8 +1176,11 @@ static int load_elf_library(struct file *file)
 	len = ELF_PAGESTART(eppnt->p_filesz + eppnt->p_vaddr +
 			    ELF_MIN_ALIGN - 1);
 	bss = eppnt->p_memsz + eppnt->p_vaddr;
-	if (bss > len)
-		vm_brk(len, bss - len);
+	if (bss > len) {
+		error = vm_brk(len, bss - len);
+		if (BAD_ADDR(error))
+			goto out_free_ph;
+	}
 	error = 0;
 
 out_free_ph: