diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 7484ad3c955d..0f54269ffc46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ static int i40e_config_iwarp_qvlist(struct i40e_vf *vf,
 	       (sizeof(struct i40e_virtchnl_iwarp_qv_info) *
 						(qvlist_info->num_vectors - 1));
 	vf->qvlist_info = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!vf->qvlist_info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	vf->qvlist_info->num_vectors = qvlist_info->num_vectors;
 
 	msix_vf = pf->hw.func_caps.num_msix_vectors_vf;