diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-mvebu-sata.c b/drivers/phy/phy-mvebu-sata.c
index cc3c0e166daf..10bb8e5aa940 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-mvebu-sata.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-mvebu-sata.c
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ static int phy_mvebu_sata_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct phy *phy;
 
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	priv->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);