diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pci1xxxx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pci1xxxx.c
index 5b2d3e4e21b7..5a4226682052 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pci1xxxx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pci1xxxx.c
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ static int pci1xxxx_spi_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *
 		spi_bus->spi_int[iter] = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
 						      sizeof(struct pci1xxxx_spi_internal),
 						      GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!spi_bus->spi_int[iter])
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		spi_sub_ptr = spi_bus->spi_int[iter];
 		spi_sub_ptr->spi_host = devm_spi_alloc_host(dev, sizeof(struct spi_controller));
 		if (!spi_sub_ptr->spi_host)