diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-pinctrl/pinctrl-rt2880.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-pinctrl/pinctrl-rt2880.c
index 09b0b8a16e99..2e971cbe2d7a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-pinctrl/pinctrl-rt2880.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-pinctrl/pinctrl-rt2880.c
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ static int rt2880_pinmux_pins(struct rt2880_priv *p)
 						p->func[i]->pin_count,
 						sizeof(int),
 						GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!p->func[i]->pins)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		for (j = 0; j < p->func[i]->pin_count; j++)
 			p->func[i]->pins[j] = p->func[i]->pin_first + j;