diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
index 71f094c9ec68..f3585777324c 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
@@ -1342,6 +1342,10 @@ static int of_qcom_slim_ngd_register(struct device *parent,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		ngd->pdev = platform_device_alloc(QCOM_SLIM_NGD_DRV_NAME, id);
+		if (!ngd->pdev) {
+			kfree(ngd);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 		ngd->id = id;
 		ngd->pdev->dev.parent = parent;
 		ngd->pdev->driver_override = QCOM_SLIM_NGD_DRV_NAME;