diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capidrv.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capidrv.c
index 23b6f7bc16b7e53ebac2a6d73e76608bcaa67ecf..476012b6dfac331d11a7728f714ab4f04c831554 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capidrv.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capidrv.c
@@ -506,9 +506,14 @@ static void send_message(capidrv_contr * card, _cmsg * cmsg)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	size_t len;
+
 	capi_cmsg2message(cmsg, cmsg->buf);
 	len = CAPIMSG_LEN(cmsg->buf);
 	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!skb) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "capidrv::send_message: can't allocate mem\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	memcpy(skb_put(skb, len), cmsg->buf, len);
 	if (capi20_put_message(&global.ap, skb) != CAPI_NOERROR)
 		kfree_skb(skb);