diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/kasan_init_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/kasan_init_32.c
index cbcad369fcb22a1ba9df22630925160b70dd827b..8b15fe09b9679f352354a1d92655a814a0907c51 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/kasan_init_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/kasan_init_32.c
@@ -76,15 +76,14 @@ static int __init kasan_init_region(void *start, size_t size)
 		return ret;
 
 	block = memblock_alloc(k_end - k_start, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!block)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (k_cur = k_start & PAGE_MASK; k_cur < k_end; k_cur += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		pmd_t *pmd = pmd_ptr_k(k_cur);
 		void *va = block + k_cur - k_start;
 		pte_t pte = pfn_pte(PHYS_PFN(__pa(va)), PAGE_KERNEL);
 
-		if (!va)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
 		__set_pte_at(&init_mm, k_cur, pte_offset_kernel(pmd, k_cur), pte, 0);
 	}
 	flush_tlb_kernel_range(k_start, k_end);