diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h b/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h
index 393e04c42a2c127affc71db782b51214221e0934..560c287b12330c4e4f35860297a13f28c874a52b 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ pmd_populate_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t * pmd_entry, pte_t * pte)
 static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					 unsigned long addr)
 {
-	return virt_to_page(pgtable_quicklist_alloc());
+	void *pg = pgtable_quicklist_alloc();
+	return pg ? virt_to_page(pg) : NULL;
 }
 
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,