diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/resource/dcn401/dcn401_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/resource/dcn401/dcn401_resource.c
index ac93c8b9361b..e5c40880b64c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/resource/dcn401/dcn401_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/resource/dcn401/dcn401_resource.c
@@ -1273,6 +1273,8 @@ static struct hpo_dp_link_encoder *dcn401_hpo_dp_link_encoder_create(
 
 	/* allocate HPO link encoder */
 	hpo_dp_enc31 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dcn31_hpo_dp_link_encoder), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!hpo_dp_enc31)
+		return NULL; /* out of memory */
 
 #undef REG_STRUCT
 #define REG_STRUCT hpo_dp_link_enc_regs