1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
index 63a16375660a..21e921147d21 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ filelayout_alloc_layout_hdr(struct inode *inode, gfp_t gfp_flags)
         struct nfs4_filelayout *flo;
 
         flo = kzalloc(sizeof(*flo), gfp_flags);
-        return &flo->generic_hdr;
+        return flo != NULL ? &flo->generic_hdr : NULL;
 }
 
 static void