diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 86f9d7f03946..66ac4c96c530 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7227dedbc22f66f1bd310c866053b08de0496e38
+refs/heads/master: 31f007598cc547ba3239524470386af8ae5f1c13
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
index 363b89ef61cc..bd1b9adfbaf9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ static int sony_nc_handles_setup(struct platform_device *pd)
 	int result;
 
 	handles = kzalloc(sizeof(*handles), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!handles)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	sysfs_attr_init(&handles->devattr.attr);
 	handles->devattr.attr.name = "handles";
@@ -1458,6 +1460,8 @@ static int sony_nc_kbd_backlight_setup(struct platform_device *pd)
 		return 0;
 
 	kbdbl_handle = kzalloc(sizeof(*kbdbl_handle), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!kbdbl_handle)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	sysfs_attr_init(&kbdbl_handle->mode_attr.attr);
 	kbdbl_handle->mode_attr.attr.name = "kbd_backlight";