diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index 67e7664efb0dc..cb8f65c1d4e3b 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ static struct glink_channel *qcom_glink_alloc_channel(struct qcom_glink *glink,
 
 	channel->glink = glink;
 	channel->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!channel->name) {
+		kfree(channel);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 
 	init_completion(&channel->open_req);
 	init_completion(&channel->open_ack);