1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/dccp/probe.c b/net/dccp/probe.c
index 146496fce2e2..fded1493c1dc 100644
--- a/net/dccp/probe.c
+++ b/net/dccp/probe.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static __init int dccpprobe_init(void)
         init_waitqueue_head(&dccpw.wait);
         spin_lock_init(&dccpw.lock);
         dccpw.fifo = kfifo_alloc(bufsize, GFP_KERNEL, &dccpw.lock);
+        if (IS_ERR(dccpw.fifo))
+                return PTR_ERR(dccpw.fifo);
 
         if (!proc_net_fops_create(procname, S_IRUSR, &dccpprobe_fops))
                 goto err0;