diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c
index 8d6ab727fd45..8564d9eb918f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ static int prism2_fwapply(const struct ihex_binrec *rfptr,
 
 	/* Make the image chunks */
 	result = mkimage(fchunk, &nfchunks);
+	if (result) {
+		netdev_err(wlandev->netdev, "Failed to make image chunk.\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
 
 	/* Do any plugging */
 	result = plugimage(fchunk, nfchunks, s3plug, ns3plug, &pda);