diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 8e5a9dfb76bf6425934a09427b8f16df82e937be..e7445df44d6c9324fd32a85ee1145415ecbd7960 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -873,6 +873,8 @@ struct fb_info {
 static inline struct apertures_struct *alloc_apertures(unsigned int max_num) {
 	struct apertures_struct *a = kzalloc(sizeof(struct apertures_struct)
 			+ max_num * sizeof(struct aperture), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!a)
+		return NULL;
 	a->count = max_num;
 	return a;
 }