diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c
index 3ae4f49a90553..8e31fe15bf3c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c
@@ -1767,8 +1767,10 @@ static int enetc_alloc_txbdr(struct enetc_bdr *txr)
 					      txr->bd_count * TSO_HEADER_SIZE,
 					      &txr->tso_headers_dma,
 					      GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (err)
+	if (!txr->tso_headers) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_alloc_tso;
+	}
 
 	txr->next_to_clean = 0;
 	txr->next_to_use = 0;