diff --git a/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c b/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c
index 668a5ec044992f227f0f7cf37a61325ea5078549..20763dd03fa010f41e6bcd236cb296df02ca8b3b 100644
--- a/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c
+++ b/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c
@@ -2250,6 +2250,8 @@ static int snd_echo_resume(struct pci_dev *pci)
 	DE_INIT(("resume start\n"));
 	pci_restore_state(pci);
 	commpage_bak = kmalloc(sizeof(struct echoaudio), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (commpage_bak == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	commpage = chip->comm_page;
 	memcpy(commpage_bak, commpage, sizeof(struct comm_page));