diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/gsc_hpdi.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/gsc_hpdi.c
index 4bdf44d82879..dc62db1ee1dd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/gsc_hpdi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/gsc_hpdi.c
@@ -623,6 +623,11 @@ static int gsc_hpdi_auto_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
 		    dma_alloc_coherent(&pcidev->dev, DMA_BUFFER_SIZE,
 				       &devpriv->dio_buffer_phys_addr[i],
 				       GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!devpriv->dio_buffer[i]) {
+			dev_warn(dev->class_dev,
+				 "failed to allocate DMA buffer\n");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 	}
 	/* allocate dma descriptors */
 	devpriv->dma_desc = dma_alloc_coherent(&pcidev->dev,
@@ -630,6 +635,11 @@ static int gsc_hpdi_auto_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
 					       NUM_DMA_DESCRIPTORS,
 					       &devpriv->dma_desc_phys_addr,
 					       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!devpriv->dma_desc) {
+		dev_warn(dev->class_dev,
+			 "failed to allocate DMA descriptors\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	if (devpriv->dma_desc_phys_addr & 0xf) {
 		dev_warn(dev->class_dev,
 			 " dma descriptors not quad-word aligned (bug)\n");