diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-xscom.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-xscom.c
index 6b4eed2ef4fa..f67235d1ba2c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-xscom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-xscom.c
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ static int scom_debug_init_one(struct dentry *root, struct device_node *dn,
 	ent->chip = chip;
 	snprintf(ent->name, 16, "%08x", chip);
 	ent->path.data = (void *)kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%pOF", dn);
+	if (!ent->path.data) {
+		kfree(ent);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	ent->path.size = strlen((char *)ent->path.data);
 
 	dir = debugfs_create_dir(ent->name, root);