diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/dm365_ipipe.c b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/dm365_ipipe.c
index 52397ad0e3e2..5d8ba357906b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/dm365_ipipe.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/dm365_ipipe.c
@@ -1311,6 +1311,11 @@ static int ipipe_g_config(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct vpfe_ipipe_config *cfg)
 		to = *(void **)((void *)cfg + module_if->config_offset);
 
 		params = kmalloc(sizeof(*params), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!params) {
+			rval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
 		from = (void *)params + module_if->param_offset;
 		size = module_if->param_size;