diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sta2x11.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sta2x11.c
index 5585425..9b55645 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sta2x11.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sta2x11.c
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@
 	res = platform_get_resource(dev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 
 	chip = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!chip)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	chip->dev = &dev->dev;
 	chip->reg_base = devm_request_and_ioremap(&dev->dev, res);