diff --git a/sound/synth/emux/emux.c b/sound/synth/emux/emux.c
index 49d1976a132c..5ed8e36d2e04 100644
--- a/sound/synth/emux/emux.c
+++ b/sound/synth/emux/emux.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int snd_emux_register(struct snd_emux *emu, struct snd_card *card, int index, ch
 	emu->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	emu->voices = kcalloc(emu->max_voices, sizeof(struct snd_emux_voice),
 			      GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (emu->voices == NULL)
+	if (emu->name == NULL || emu->voices == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* create soundfont list */