diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
index c84900da3c59..44cbbbaa499d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ int __devinit pci_scan_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev, int max,
 		if (pci_find_bus(pci_domain_nr(bus), max+1))
 			goto out;
 		child = pci_add_new_bus(bus, dev, ++max);
+		if (!child)
+			goto out;
 		buses = (buses & 0xff000000)
 		      | ((unsigned int)(child->primary)     <<  0)
 		      | ((unsigned int)(child->secondary)   <<  8)
@@ -777,7 +779,7 @@ int __devinit pci_scan_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev, int max,
 			buses &= ~0xff000000;
 			buses |= CARDBUS_LATENCY_TIMER << 24;
 		}
-			
+
 		/*
 		 * We need to blast all three values with a single write.
 		 */