diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
index 74759bcc68ff..74b806b3e65f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ static struct hdmi *msm_hdmi_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 
 	hdmi->workq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("msm_hdmi", 0);
+	if (!hdmi->workq) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	hdmi->i2c = msm_hdmi_i2c_init(hdmi);
 	if (IS_ERR(hdmi->i2c)) {