diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
index c7872bc138605b3450727ca2c737d1ba8d986564..08b5fa4a2852a9abdef38a2c6115272485aafca7 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
@@ -771,6 +771,12 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case RPCBVERS_3:
 		map->r_netid = xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_NETID];
 		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!map->r_addr) {
+			status = -ENOMEM;
+			dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: no memory available\n",
+				task->tk_pid, __func__);
+			goto bailout_free_args;
+		}
 		map->r_owner = "";
 		break;
 	case RPCBVERS_2:
@@ -793,6 +799,8 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
 	rpc_put_task(child);
 	return;
 
+bailout_free_args:
+	kfree(map);
 bailout_release_client:
 	rpc_release_client(rpcb_clnt);
 bailout_nofree: