diff --git a/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c b/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
index 418e1774af1e..d99cf81358c5 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
@@ -5537,7 +5537,8 @@ static int udma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		uc->config.dir = DMA_MEM_TO_MEM;
 		uc->name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s chan%d",
 					  dev_name(dev), i);
-
+		if (!uc->name)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		vchan_init(&uc->vc, &ud->ddev);
 		/* Use custom vchan completion handling */
 		tasklet_setup(&uc->vc.task, udma_vchan_complete);