diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index cf747d753a798d14feb908b32314dcbee6b20fa9..787fe06df2176ae4e41e6b98aff06b482acba7a3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -953,6 +953,8 @@ struct i2c_client *dvb_module_probe(const char *module_name,
 	struct i2c_board_info *board_info;
 
 	board_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*board_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!board_info)
+		return NULL;
 
 	if (name)
 		strlcpy(board_info->type, name, I2C_NAME_SIZE);