diff --git a/drivers/clk/x86/clk-pmc-atom.c b/drivers/clk/x86/clk-pmc-atom.c
index 99291ba65da7..08c83e0abc41 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/x86/clk-pmc-atom.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/x86/clk-pmc-atom.c
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ static struct clk_plt *plt_clk_register(struct platform_device *pdev, int id,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	init.name =  kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s_%d", PLT_CLK_NAME_BASE, id);
+	if (!init.name)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
 	init.ops = &plt_clk_ops;
 	init.flags = 0;
 	init.parent_names = parent_names;