diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_apd.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_apd.c
index 3bbe2276cac7..80f945cbec8a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_apd.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_apd.c
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ static int fch_misc_setup(struct apd_private_data *pdata)
 	if (!acpi_dev_get_property(adev, "clk-name", ACPI_TYPE_STRING, &obj)) {
 		clk_data->name = devm_kzalloc(&adev->dev, obj->string.length,
 					      GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!clk_data->name)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		strcpy(clk_data->name, obj->string.pointer);
 	} else {