diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c
index af09f70f6e78..2c6eae2de1f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c
@@ -1214,8 +1214,7 @@ static int setup_bo(struct bo_setup_state *state)
 	ssize_t remain;
 
 	if (state->lrc->bo->vmap.is_iomem) {
-		if (!state->buffer)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		xe_gt_assert(state->hwe->gt, state->buffer);
 		state->ptr = state->buffer;
 	} else {
 		state->ptr = state->lrc->bo->vmap.vaddr + state->offset;
@@ -1303,8 +1302,11 @@ static int setup_wa_bb(struct xe_lrc *lrc, struct xe_hw_engine *hwe)
 	u32 *buf = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (lrc->bo->vmap.is_iomem)
+	if (lrc->bo->vmap.is_iomem) {
 		buf = kmalloc(LRC_WA_BB_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!buf)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	ret = xe_lrc_setup_wa_bb_with_scratch(lrc, hwe, buf);
 
@@ -1347,8 +1349,11 @@ setup_indirect_ctx(struct xe_lrc *lrc, struct xe_hw_engine *hwe)
 	if (xe_gt_WARN_ON(lrc->gt, !state.funcs))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (lrc->bo->vmap.is_iomem)
+	if (lrc->bo->vmap.is_iomem) {
 		state.buffer = kmalloc(state.max_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!state.buffer)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	ret = setup_bo(&state);
 	if (ret) {