diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ethtool.c
index 10b866e9f726..060274caa4d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ethtool.c
@@ -1219,6 +1219,9 @@ int sparx_stats_init(struct sparx5 *sparx5)
 	snprintf(queue_name, sizeof(queue_name), "%s-stats",
 		 dev_name(sparx5->dev));
 	sparx5->stats_queue = create_singlethread_workqueue(queue_name);
+	if (!sparx5->stats_queue)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sparx5->stats_work, sparx5_check_stats_work);
 	queue_delayed_work(sparx5->stats_queue, &sparx5->stats_work,
 			   SPX5_STATS_CHECK_DELAY);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c
index 5030dfca3879..435ac224e38e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c
@@ -629,6 +629,9 @@ static int sparx5_start(struct sparx5 *sparx5)
 	snprintf(queue_name, sizeof(queue_name), "%s-mact",
 		 dev_name(sparx5->dev));
 	sparx5->mact_queue = create_singlethread_workqueue(queue_name);
+	if (!sparx5->mact_queue)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sparx5->mact_work, sparx5_mact_pull_work);
 	queue_delayed_work(sparx5->mact_queue, &sparx5->mact_work,
 			   SPX5_MACT_PULL_DELAY);