diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c
index 1fc01ed3279dbee0991a343c082aa6c9ea5f042b..f3d3d1ffa84e4257029495785ca88e72cb013533 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ int imx_pcm_dma_init(struct platform_device *pdev, size_t size)
 
 	config = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
 			sizeof(struct snd_dmaengine_pcm_config), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!config)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	*config = imx_dmaengine_pcm_config;
 	if (size)
 		config->prealloc_buffer_size = size;