1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/xfp_phy.c b/drivers/net/sfc/xfp_phy.c
index 3b9f9ddbc372..f3684ad28887 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/xfp_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/xfp_phy.c
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ static int xfp_phy_init(struct efx_nic *efx)
         int rc;
 
         phy_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct xfp_phy_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-        efx->phy_data = (void *) phy_data;
+        if (!phy_data)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+        efx->phy_data = phy_data;
 
         EFX_INFO(efx, "XFP: PHY ID reg %x (OUI %x model %x revision"
                  " %x)\n", devid, MDIO_ID_OUI(devid), MDIO_ID_MODEL(devid),