diff --git a/net/tipc/crypto.c b/net/tipc/crypto.c
index 23b100f..d8a2f42 100644
--- a/net/tipc/crypto.c
+++ b/net/tipc/crypto.c
@@ -590,6 +590,10 @@
 	tmp->cloned = NULL;
 	tmp->authsize = TIPC_AES_GCM_TAG_SIZE;
 	tmp->key = kmemdup(ukey, tipc_aead_key_size(ukey), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tmp->key) {
+		tipc_aead_free(&tmp->rcu);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	memcpy(&tmp->salt, ukey->key + keylen, TIPC_AES_GCM_SALT_SIZE);
 	atomic_set(&tmp->users, 0);
 	atomic64_set(&tmp->seqno, 0);