diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 037671a655dcd..b8774f1e21e65 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	page = virt_to_page(pte);
-	pgtable_page_ctor(page);
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
+		kmem_cache_free(pgtable_cache, pte);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return page;
 }