diff --git a/arch/mips/ath25/board.c b/arch/mips/ath25/board.c
index 9ab48ff80c1c..6d11ae581ea7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath25/board.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath25/board.c
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ int __init ath25_find_config(phys_addr_t base, unsigned long size)
 	}
 
 	board_data = kzalloc(BOARD_CONFIG_BUFSZ, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!board_data)
+		goto error;
 	ath25_board.config = (struct ath25_boarddata *)board_data;
 	memcpy_fromio(board_data, bcfg, 0x100);
 	if (broken_boarddata) {