diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
index 66137ffea3f8..96f485ab612e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ void xgbe_debugfs_init(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
 	pdata->debugfs_xpcs_reg = 0;
 
 	buf = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "amd-xgbe-%s", pdata->netdev->name);
+	if (!buf)
+		return;
+
 	pdata->xgbe_debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(buf, NULL);
 	if (!pdata->xgbe_debugfs) {
 		netdev_err(pdata->netdev, "debugfs_create_dir failed\n");