diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index ed2a61c66ac9..c7f6d07a5043 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -536,6 +536,11 @@ static int msm_ioctl_gem_info_get_metadata(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 	len = msm_obj->metadata_size;
 	buf = kmemdup(msm_obj->metadata, len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
+	if (!buf) {
+		msm_gem_unlock(obj);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	msm_gem_unlock(obj);
 
 	if (*metadata_size < len) {
@@ -548,7 +553,7 @@ static int msm_ioctl_gem_info_get_metadata(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 
 	kfree(buf);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int msm_ioctl_gem_info(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,