diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 5eeb4655fbf1..ac3d1d492a48 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, const struct drm_driver *drv)
 	priv->dev = ddev;
 
 	priv->wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("msm", 0);
+	if (!priv->wq) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_put_dev;
+	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->objects);
 	mutex_init(&priv->obj_lock);