diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index bf65cba232e6..b22674e3a89c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2231,6 +2231,8 @@ static char *fmt_single_name(struct device *dev, int *id)
 		return NULL;
 
 	name = devm_kstrdup(dev, devname, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
 
 	/* are we a "%s.%d" name (platform and SPI components) */
 	found = strstr(name, dev->driver->name);