diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8863_smi.c b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8863_smi.c
index 30d97ea7a949c1df0b734cffdfc397022d8184cf..9fb38e99001a43941b4e5a53366af9d8530ef3d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8863_smi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8863_smi.c
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ static int ksz8863_smi_probe(struct mdio_device *mdiodev)
 	int i;
 
 	ksz8 = devm_kzalloc(&mdiodev->dev, sizeof(struct ksz8), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ksz8)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ksz8->priv = mdiodev;
 
 	dev = ksz_switch_alloc(&mdiodev->dev, ksz8);