diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-microchip-sgpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-microchip-sgpio.c
index 59f232a68b5a..a60db93b61b1 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-microchip-sgpio.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-microchip-sgpio.c
@@ -816,6 +816,9 @@ static int microchip_sgpio_register_bank(struct device *dev,
 	pctl_desc->name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s-%sput",
 					 dev_name(dev),
 					 bank->is_input ? "in" : "out");
+	if (!pctl_desc->name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	pctl_desc->pctlops = &sgpio_pctl_ops;
 	pctl_desc->pmxops = &sgpio_pmx_ops;
 	pctl_desc->confops = &sgpio_confops;