diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 94ef521cc813..d9e236dab155 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bd6cba53c524dccf72900435d29722b22f61d835
+refs/heads/master: af0cd5a7c3cded50c25e98acd94912d17a0eb914
diff --git a/trunk/mm/sparse.c b/trunk/mm/sparse.c
index e06f514fe04f..d245e59048a8 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/sparse.c
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ static int __meminit sparse_index_init(unsigned long section_nr, int nid)
 		return -EEXIST;
 
 	section = sparse_index_alloc(nid);
+	if (!section)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	/*
 	 * This lock keeps two different sections from
 	 * reallocating for the same index