diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91-pio4.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91-pio4.c
index e31f5d9febe9..62b9a94c10ba 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91-pio4.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91-pio4.c
@@ -1128,6 +1128,8 @@ static int atmel_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		/* Pin naming convention: P(bank_name)(bank_pin_number). */
 		pin_desc[i].name = devm_kasprintf(&pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "P%c%d",
 						  bank + 'A', line);
+		if (!pin_desc[i].name)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		group->name = group_names[i] = pin_desc[i].name;
 		group->pin = pin_desc[i].number;