diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c b/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c
index 004b411b640b..19ad33c97d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c
@@ -988,6 +988,8 @@ static struct clk ** __init sunxi_divs_clk_setup(struct device_node *node,
 		if (endp) {
 			derived_name = kstrndup(clk_name, endp - clk_name,
 						GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!derived_name)
+				return NULL;
 			factors.name = derived_name;
 		} else {
 			factors.name = clk_name;