diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi-audio.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi-audio.c
index 584b2372339e..f83cc2bc0fc4 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi-audio.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi-audio.c
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ static int omap_hdmi_audio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	card->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	card->dai_link =
 		devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*(card->dai_link)), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!card->dai_link)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	card->dai_link->name = card->name;
 	card->dai_link->stream_name = card->name;
 	card->dai_link->cpu_dai_name = dev_name(ad->dssdev);