diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
index c6eb371a3695..dc723f03d6bb 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
@@ -4256,6 +4256,10 @@ check_attribute_names:
 	rec_len -= t32;
 
 	attr_names = kmemdup(Add2Ptr(lrh, t32), rec_len, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!attr_names) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	lcb_put(lcb);
 	lcb = NULL;