1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
index fe84bb978e3b..716802b774ea 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ void *mpi_get_buffer(MPI a, unsigned *nbytes, int *sign)
         if (!n)
                 n++;            /* avoid zero length allocation */
         p = buffer = kmalloc(n, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!p)
+                return NULL;
 
         for (i = a->nlimbs - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                 alimb = a->d[i];