diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c
index 59323c019544..351824dc3c62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c
@@ -2301,6 +2301,8 @@ enum ice_ddp_state ice_copy_and_init_pkg(struct ice_hw *hw, const u8 *buf,
 		return ICE_DDP_PKG_ERR;
 
 	buf_copy = devm_kmemdup(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), buf, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf_copy)
+		return ICE_DDP_PKG_ERR;
 
 	state = ice_init_pkg(hw, buf_copy, len);
 	if (!ice_is_init_pkg_successful(state)) {