diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
index 17958043e7f7..c852024044bb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ static struct property *dlpar_parse_cc_property(struct cc_workarea *ccwa)
 
 	name = (char *)ccwa + be32_to_cpu(ccwa->name_offset);
 	prop->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!prop->name) {
+		dlpar_free_cc_property(prop);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	prop->length = be32_to_cpu(ccwa->prop_length);
 	value = (char *)ccwa + be32_to_cpu(ccwa->prop_offset);