diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_draw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_draw.c
index 56e1d633875e2772b6a3f767e3af44e013f3519d..6e6c76080d6a1bc78108388e496c1b4373f223ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_draw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_draw.c
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ static int qxl_palette_create_1bit(struct qxl_bo *palette_bo,
 				 * correctly globaly, since that would require
 				 * tracking all of our palettes. */
 	ret = qxl_bo_kmap(palette_bo, (void **)&pal);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	pal->num_ents = 2;
 	pal->unique = unique++;
 	if (visual == FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR || visual == FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR) {