diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index d9504d38c276..235ece437ddd 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addres
 	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
-	pgtable_page_ctor(pte);
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
+		__free_page(pte);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return pte;
 }