diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/tags/tags_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/tags/tags_test.c
index 5701163460ef..955f87c1170d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/tags/tags_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/tags/tags_test.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include "../../kselftest.h"
 
 #define SHIFT_TAG(tag)		((uint64_t)(tag) << 56)
 #define SET_TAG(ptr, tag)	(((uint64_t)(ptr) & ~SHIFT_TAG(0xff)) | \
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ int main(void)
 	if (prctl(PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL, PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE, 0, 0, 0) == 0)
 		tbi_enabled = 1;
 	ptr = (struct utsname *)malloc(sizeof(*ptr));
+	if (!ptr)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to allocate utsname buffer\n");
+
 	if (tbi_enabled)
 		tag = 0x42;
 	ptr = (struct utsname *)SET_TAG(ptr, tag);