diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-demux-pinctrl.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-demux-pinctrl.c
index a3a122fae71e..22f2280eab7f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-demux-pinctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-demux-pinctrl.c
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ static int i2c_demux_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 		props[i].name = devm_kstrdup(&pdev->dev, "status", GFP_KERNEL);
 		props[i].value = devm_kstrdup(&pdev->dev, "ok", GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!props[i].name || !props[i].value) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_rollback;
+		}
 		props[i].length = 3;
 
 		of_changeset_init(&priv->chan[i].chgset);