diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 275d9285141c..3104df0a4822 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
-	if (pte)
-		pgtable_page_ctor(pte);
+	if (!pte)
+		return NULL;
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
+		__free_page(pte);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return pte;
 }