diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_devlink.c
index 2a4c9df4eb79..e63d95c1842f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_devlink.c
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ struct prestera_switch *prestera_devlink_alloc(struct prestera_device *dev)
 
 	dl = devlink_alloc(&prestera_dl_ops, sizeof(struct prestera_switch),
 			   dev->dev);
+	if (!dl)
+		return NULL;
 
 	return devlink_priv(dl);
 }