diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index 1f74bab9e231..83e6ccad7728 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ static int submit_lookup_cmds(struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 			goto out;
 		}
 		submit->cmd[i].relocs = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!submit->cmd[i].relocs) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		ret = copy_from_user(submit->cmd[i].relocs, userptr, sz);
 		if (ret) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;