diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ff1481dad5bd..2d06d90e9cda 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a2262d8a231e92742651859a10c9a4430a5e899a
+refs/heads/master: 1c689cbcf2c2b7a35cd237abddd9206bb1b6fee1
diff --git a/trunk/arch/tile/kernel/hardwall.c b/trunk/arch/tile/kernel/hardwall.c
index 7bf0627b733d..584b965dc824 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/tile/kernel/hardwall.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/tile/kernel/hardwall.c
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ static struct hardwall_info *hardwall_create(
 	/* Allocate a new rectangle optimistically. */
 	rect = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hardwall_info),
 			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+	if (rect == NULL)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rect->task_head);
 
 	/* Compute the rectangle size and validate that it's plausible. */