diff --git a/include/linux/io-mapping.h b/include/linux/io-mapping.h
index 58df02bd93c9f04d0546a32de278503918d3e4f8..fa46183b163bca4ff8f37a6af07c52fb41028158 100644
--- a/include/linux/io-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/io-mapping.h
@@ -120,9 +120,12 @@ io_mapping_init_wc(struct io_mapping *iomap,
 		   resource_size_t base,
 		   unsigned long size)
 {
+	iomap->iomem = ioremap_wc(base, size);
+	if (!iomap->iomem)
+		return NULL;
+
 	iomap->base = base;
 	iomap->size = size;
-	iomap->iomem = ioremap_wc(base, size);
 #if defined(pgprot_noncached_wc) /* archs can't agree on a name ... */
 	iomap->prot = pgprot_noncached_wc(PAGE_KERNEL);
 #elif defined(pgprot_writecombine)