diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 77b6d89b9bcd..3c3d3b20889c 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -933,6 +933,10 @@ static int udf_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				iinfo->i_location.partitionReferenceNum,
 				0);
 		epos.bh = udf_tgetblk(sb, block);
+		if (unlikely(!epos.bh)) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_no_entry;
+		}
 		lock_buffer(epos.bh);
 		memset(epos.bh->b_data, 0x00, bsize);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(epos.bh);