diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
index 49b8f22fdcf0..964bde656f0d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ static int ipmb_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	ipmb_dev->miscdev.name = devm_kasprintf(&client->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
 						"%s%d", "ipmb-",
 						client->adapter->nr);
+	if (!ipmb_dev->miscdev.name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ipmb_dev->miscdev.fops = &ipmb_fops;
 	ipmb_dev->miscdev.parent = &client->dev;
 	ret = misc_register(&ipmb_dev->miscdev);