diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
index 67b18231ead6..4711df7ee5a3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ static int cedrus_init_ctrls(struct cedrus_dev *dev, struct cedrus_ctx *ctx)
 	ctrl_size = sizeof(ctrl) * CEDRUS_CONTROLS_COUNT + 1;
 
 	ctx->ctrls = kzalloc(ctrl_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	memset(ctx->ctrls, 0, ctrl_size);
+	if (!ctx->ctrls)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < CEDRUS_CONTROLS_COUNT; i++) {
 		struct v4l2_ctrl_config cfg = { 0 };