diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/sq905c.c b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/sq905c.c
index 3d7f6dcdd7a8..6ca947aef298 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/sq905c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/sq905c.c
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ static int sd_start(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev)
 	}
 	/* Start the workqueue function to do the streaming */
 	dev->work_thread = create_singlethread_workqueue(MODULE_NAME);
+	if (!dev->work_thread)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	queue_work(dev->work_thread, &dev->work_struct);
 
 	return 0;