diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 5e2d28c73294..72514be2f30f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,8 @@ static int amd_pstate_set_dynamic_epp(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		return ret;
 
 	cpudata->profile_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "amd-pstate-epp-cpu%d", cpudata->cpu);
+	if (!cpudata->profile_name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	cpudata->ppdev = platform_profile_register(get_cpu_device(policy->cpu),
 						   cpudata->profile_name,