diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-apple-nco.c b/drivers/clk/clk-apple-nco.c
index 39472a51530a3..457a48d489412 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk-apple-nco.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-apple-nco.c
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ static int applnco_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		memset(&init, 0, sizeof(init));
 		init.name = devm_kasprintf(&pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
 						"%s-%d", np->name, i);
+		if (!init.name)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 		init.ops = &applnco_ops;
 		init.parent_data = &pdata;
 		init.num_parents = 1;