diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c
index 18d61077b157..8e46a9dad2fa 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c
@@ -927,6 +927,11 @@ static int arm_spe_pmu_perf_init(struct arm_spe_pmu *spe_pmu)
 
 	idx = atomic_inc_return(&pmu_idx);
 	name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s_%d", PMUNAME, idx);
+	if (!name) {
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate name for pmu %d\n", idx);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	return perf_pmu_register(&spe_pmu->pmu, name, -1);
 }