diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
index ef898ee8ca6b..6e0a40962f38 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ int pinctrl_dt_to_map(struct pinctrl *p, struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 	for (state = 0; ; state++) {
 		/* Retrieve the pinctrl-* property */
 		propname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "pinctrl-%d", state);
+		if (!propname)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		prop = of_find_property(np, propname, &size);
 		kfree(propname);
 		if (!prop) {