diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
index f9fa1c90b35c6bda4f7a0a2461dc4f3e042cffdc..401c02e9e6b2e2b69e3bcaf35e1e390be09dc0b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
@@ -401,12 +401,16 @@ int tiler_unpin(struct tiler_block *block)
 struct tiler_block *tiler_reserve_2d(enum tiler_fmt fmt, u16 w,
 		u16 h, u16 align)
 {
-	struct tiler_block *block = kzalloc(sizeof(*block), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct tiler_block *block;
 	u32 min_align = 128;
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 slot_bytes;
 
+	block = kzalloc(sizeof(*block), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!block)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
 	BUG_ON(!validfmt(fmt));
 
 	/* convert width/height to slots */