diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
index afc5598660955a462f1f2bfdf45fe9905a23e339..91a2436ce9525aea53c537ba1f879456050fcc66 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
@@ -399,7 +399,13 @@ static int sst_media_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params,
 				struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 {
-	snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages(substream, params_buffer_bytes(params));
+	int ret;
+
+	ret =
+		snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages(substream,
+				params_buffer_bytes(params));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	memset(substream->runtime->dma_area, 0, params_buffer_bytes(params));
 	return 0;
 }