diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 7177e98..c284dbb 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -594,6 +594,10 @@
 
 			*scontext_len = strlen(initial_sid_to_string[sid]) + 1;
 			scontextp = kmalloc(*scontext_len,GFP_ATOMIC);
+			if (!scontextp) {
+				rc = -ENOMEM;
+				goto out;
+			}
 			strcpy(scontextp, initial_sid_to_string[sid]);
 			*scontext = scontextp;
 			goto out;