diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e3cdd18efccf..a29f1c3850d4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 51b6dfb627d785ee92c2bd1e159e2de47cdc29c3
+refs/heads/master: 50e8ce14698273d3c493b2e66f323f6b18eac099
diff --git a/trunk/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c b/trunk/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c
index 6b518e07eea9..b2bf27282cd2 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ static int snd_imx_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	int ret;
 
 	iprtd = kzalloc(sizeof(*iprtd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (iprtd == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	runtime->private_data = iprtd;
 
 	iprtd->substream = substream;
@@ -202,8 +204,10 @@ static int snd_imx_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 
 	ret = snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer(substream->runtime,
 			SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_PERIODS);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		kfree(iprtd);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	snd_soc_set_runtime_hwparams(substream, &snd_imx_hardware);
 	return 0;