diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c b/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c
index 7422d2bc6f37..db56d52411ef 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c
@@ -925,6 +925,8 @@ static int fme_perf_pmu_register(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE;
 
 	name = devm_kasprintf(priv->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "dfl_fme%d", pdev->id);
+	if (!name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = perf_pmu_register(pmu, name, -1);
 	if (ret)