diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index c07407586ce8..660a878e20ef 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -754,8 +754,11 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
 	info_caps = le32_to_cpu(info->cap.caps);
 
 	/* prealloc new cap struct */
-	if (info_caps && ceph_snap(inode) == CEPH_NOSNAP)
+	if (info_caps && ceph_snap(inode) == CEPH_NOSNAP) {
 		new_cap = ceph_get_cap(mdsc, caps_reservation);
+		if (!new_cap)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * prealloc xattr data, if it looks like we'll need it.  only