diff --git a/drivers/atm/eni.c b/drivers/atm/eni.c
index de52428b8833..4816db0553ef 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/eni.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/eni.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,8 @@ DPRINTK("iovcnt = %d\n",skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags);
 	}
 	paddr = dma_map_single(&eni_dev->pci_dev->dev,skb->data,skb->len,
 			       DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+	if (dma_mapping_error(&eni_dev->pci_dev->dev, paddr))
+		return enq_next;
 	ENI_PRV_PADDR(skb) = paddr;
 	/* prepare DMA queue entries */
 	j = 0;