diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c
index 6bd1e97effdf..6501a842c41a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c
@@ -2199,6 +2199,9 @@ static int octeon_irq_cib_map(struct irq_domain *d,
 	}
 
 	cd = kzalloc(sizeof(*cd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	cd->host_data = host_data;
 	cd->bit = hw;