diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index c86a1c8f19f4..598e278b46f7 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -373,12 +373,20 @@ static inline void smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int maxcpus) { }
  */
 static void __init setup_command_line(char *command_line)
 {
-	saved_command_line =
-		memblock_alloc(strlen(boot_command_line) + 1, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
-	initcall_command_line =
-		memblock_alloc(strlen(boot_command_line) + 1, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
-	static_command_line = memblock_alloc(strlen(command_line) + 1,
-					     SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
+	size_t len = strlen(boot_command_line) + 1;
+
+	saved_command_line = memblock_alloc(len, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
+	if (!saved_command_line)
+		panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes\n", __func__, len);
+
+	initcall_command_line =	memblock_alloc(len, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
+	if (!initcall_command_line)
+		panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes\n", __func__, len);
+
+	static_command_line = memblock_alloc(len, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
+	if (!static_command_line)
+		panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes\n", __func__, len);
+
 	strcpy(saved_command_line, boot_command_line);
 	strcpy(static_command_line, command_line);
 }
@@ -770,8 +778,14 @@ static int __init initcall_blacklist(char *str)
 			pr_debug("blacklisting initcall %s\n", str_entry);
 			entry = memblock_alloc(sizeof(*entry),
 					       SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
+			if (!entry)
+				panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes\n",
+				      __func__, sizeof(*entry));
 			entry->buf = memblock_alloc(strlen(str_entry) + 1,
 						    SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
+			if (!entry->buf)
+				panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes\n",
+				      __func__, strlen(str_entry) + 1);
 			strcpy(entry->buf, str_entry);
 			list_add(&entry->next, &blacklisted_initcalls);
 		}