diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 13020e5c8cc0b7eedcf909790b7df44cffc977cb..137a1fe124e8c09b2a8d5382840120c541d8d8f4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5228,8 +5228,11 @@ int md_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 		sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state);
 	}
 
-	if (mddev->bio_set == NULL)
+	if (mddev->bio_set == NULL) {
 		mddev->bio_set = bioset_create(BIO_POOL_SIZE, 0);
+		if (!mddev->bio_set)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock(&pers_lock);
 	pers = find_pers(mddev->level, mddev->clevel);