diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c
index 73fd0c7487c1ae0b1311f4d7e1c048ddc809153a..4a904a4bf05f83a1b952ec2365811f8c5db931e1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c
@@ -445,11 +445,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apei_resources_sub);
 int apei_resources_request(struct apei_resources *resources,
 			   const char *desc)
 {
-	struct apei_res *res, *res_bak;
+	struct apei_res *res, *res_bak = NULL;
 	struct resource *r;
+	int rc;
 
-	apei_resources_sub(resources, &apei_resources_all);
+	rc = apei_resources_sub(resources, &apei_resources_all);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 
+	rc = -EINVAL;
 	list_for_each_entry(res, &resources->iomem, list) {
 		r = request_mem_region(res->start, res->end - res->start,
 				       desc);
@@ -475,7 +479,11 @@ int apei_resources_request(struct apei_resources *resources,
 		}
 	}
 
-	apei_resources_merge(&apei_resources_all, resources);
+	rc = apei_resources_merge(&apei_resources_all, resources);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_err(APEI_PFX "Fail to merge resources!\n");
+		goto err_unmap_ioport;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 err_unmap_ioport:
@@ -491,12 +499,13 @@ int apei_resources_request(struct apei_resources *resources,
 			break;
 		release_mem_region(res->start, res->end - res->start);
 	}
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apei_resources_request);
 
 void apei_resources_release(struct apei_resources *resources)
 {
+	int rc;
 	struct apei_res *res;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(res, &resources->iomem, list)
@@ -504,7 +513,9 @@ void apei_resources_release(struct apei_resources *resources)
 	list_for_each_entry(res, &resources->ioport, list)
 		release_region(res->start, res->end - res->start);
 
-	apei_resources_sub(&apei_resources_all, resources);
+	rc = apei_resources_sub(&apei_resources_all, resources);
+	if (rc)
+		pr_err(APEI_PFX "Fail to sub resources!\n");
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apei_resources_release);
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c
index 5281ddda2777c99c40f0830c1d4e5022cc5b37aa..8561cfefa3dc41738a127b9b22e7f57b57a9bcd4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c
@@ -111,11 +111,13 @@ static ssize_t erst_dbg_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (len > erst_dbg_buf_len) {
-		kfree(erst_dbg_buf);
+		void *p;
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		erst_dbg_buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!erst_dbg_buf)
+		p = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!p)
 			goto out;
+		kfree(erst_dbg_buf);
+		erst_dbg_buf = p;
 		erst_dbg_buf_len = len;
 		goto retry;
 	}
@@ -150,11 +152,13 @@ static ssize_t erst_dbg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&erst_dbg_mutex))
 		return -EINTR;
 	if (usize > erst_dbg_buf_len) {
-		kfree(erst_dbg_buf);
+		void *p;
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		erst_dbg_buf = kmalloc(usize, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!erst_dbg_buf)
+		p = kmalloc(usize, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!p)
 			goto out;
+		kfree(erst_dbg_buf);
+		erst_dbg_buf = p;
 		erst_dbg_buf_len = usize;
 	}
 	rc = copy_from_user(erst_dbg_buf, ubuf, usize);