diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index e17f11782821..d87f08cd78ad 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *get_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int len, gfp_t gfp)
 		skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 	} else {
 		skb = alloc_skb(len, gfp);
+		if (!skb)
+			return NULL;
 	}
 	t4_set_arp_err_handler(skb, NULL, NULL);
 	return skb;