1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c
index e9cdc6615ddc..c308756c2f9d 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ struct net_device *alloc_ieee80211softmac(int sizeof_priv)
         struct ieee80211softmac_device *softmac;
         struct net_device *dev;
 
-        dev = alloc_ieee80211(sizeof(struct ieee80211softmac_device) + sizeof_priv);
+        dev = alloc_ieee80211(sizeof(*softmac) + sizeof_priv);
+        if (!dev)
+                return NULL;
+
         softmac = ieee80211_priv(dev);
         softmac->dev = dev;
         softmac->ieee = netdev_priv(dev);