diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/acr/hsfw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/acr/hsfw.c
index 667fa016496ee..a6ea89a5d51ab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/acr/hsfw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/acr/hsfw.c
@@ -142,11 +142,12 @@ nvkm_acr_hsfw_load_bl(struct nvkm_acr *acr, const char *name, int ver,
 
 	hsfw->imem_size = desc->code_size;
 	hsfw->imem_tag = desc->start_tag;
-	hsfw->imem = kmalloc(desc->code_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	memcpy(hsfw->imem, data + desc->code_off, desc->code_size);
-
+	hsfw->imem = kmemdup(data + desc->code_off, desc->code_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	nvkm_firmware_put(fw);
-	return 0;
+	if (!hsfw->imem)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	else
+		return 0;
 }
 
 int