diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index f214069ec5d5..9bea6e74a001 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -63,9 +63,12 @@ pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	struct page *pte;
 
 	pte = alloc_pages(PGALLOC_GFP, 0);
-	if (pte)
-		pgtable_page_ctor(pte);
-
+	if (!pte)
+		return NULL;
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
+		__free_page(pte);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return pte;
 }