diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flex_pipe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flex_pipe.c
index 6cfe8eb7f47d..14fba20ab7f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flex_pipe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flex_pipe.c
@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ enum ice_status ice_copy_and_init_pkg(struct ice_hw *hw, const u8 *buf, u32 len)
 		return ICE_ERR_PARAM;
 
 	buf_copy = devm_kmemdup(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), buf, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf_copy)
+		return ICE_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
 
 	status = ice_init_pkg(hw, buf_copy, len);
 	if (status) {