diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
index 7ddb64baf3270..8636e905426f1 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
@@ -279,8 +279,12 @@ pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 	struct page *pte;
 
 	pte = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
-	if (pte)
-		pgtable_page_ctor(pte);
+	if (!pte)
+		return NULL;
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
+		__free_page(pte);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return pte;
 }