diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c
index 614377ef7956..c7ff98c26ee3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c
@@ -1108,6 +1108,8 @@ static int vsc73xx_gpio_probe(struct vsc73xx *vsc)
 
 	vsc->gc.label = devm_kasprintf(vsc->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "VSC%04x",
 				       vsc->chipid);
+	if (!vsc->gc.label)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	vsc->gc.ngpio = 4;
 	vsc->gc.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	vsc->gc.parent = vsc->dev;