diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c
index 66044f4f5bad..10cd1d9b4885 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ static int powernv_flash_set_driver_info(struct device *dev,
 	 * get them
 	 */
 	mtd->name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%pOFP", dev->of_node);
+	if (!mtd->name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	mtd->type = MTD_NORFLASH;
 	mtd->flags = MTD_WRITEABLE;
 	mtd->size = size;