diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index 0dc8eed16404..b35c8813bef4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -1719,6 +1719,10 @@ static int iwl_read_ucode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	priv->ucode_data_backup.len = data_size;
 	iwl_alloc_fw_desc(priv->pci_dev, &priv->ucode_data_backup);
 
+	if (!priv->ucode_code.v_addr || !priv->ucode_data.v_addr ||
+	    !priv->ucode_data_backup.v_addr)
+		goto err_pci_alloc;
+
 	/* Initialization instructions and data */
 	if (init_size && init_data_size) {
 		priv->ucode_init.len = init_size;