diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c
index f328d75de0d120e6110638211ff2bb29815b3b2f..c9782d452b0701a332f8487e927991280639cf5d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t WILC_WFI_mon_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (skb->data[0] == 0xc0 && (!(memcmp(broadcast, &skb->data[4], 6)))) {
 		skb2 = dev_alloc_skb(skb->len + sizeof(struct wilc_wfi_radiotap_cb_hdr));
+		if (!skb2)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		memcpy(skb_put(skb2, skb->len), skb->data, skb->len);