diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/icp-native.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/icp-native.c
index 7d13d2ef5a90..66de291b27d0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/icp-native.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/icp-native.c
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ static int __init icp_native_map_one_cpu(int hw_id, unsigned long addr,
 	rname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "CPU %d [0x%x] Interrupt Presentation",
 			  cpu, hw_id);
 
+	if (!rname)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (!request_mem_region(addr, size, rname)) {
 		pr_warn("icp_native: Could not reserve ICP MMIO for CPU %d, interrupt server #0x%x\n",
 			cpu, hw_id);