diff --git a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
index 3bcc15c9415fc9670bd0bb9b30f126afc5c99898..13b752c169bed78aa66fff1fbde7c8e1d83a312c 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
@@ -825,11 +825,16 @@ static struct sk_buff *chan_alloc_skb_cb(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 					 unsigned long hdr_len,
 					 unsigned long len, int nb)
 {
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
 	/* Note that we must allocate using GFP_ATOMIC here as
 	 * this function is called originally from netdev hard xmit
 	 * function in atomic context.
 	 */
-	return bt_skb_alloc(hdr_len + len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	skb = bt_skb_alloc(hdr_len + len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!skb)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	return skb;
 }
 
 static void chan_suspend_cb(struct l2cap_chan *chan)