diff --git a/include/linux/io-mapping.h b/include/linux/io-mapping.h
index 0beaa3eba15516d53d149a89e2a562313ef8d243..c75e4d3d8833fd0f77f0e61ca1014826afdf63bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/io-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/io-mapping.h
@@ -107,9 +107,12 @@ io_mapping_init_wc(struct io_mapping *iomap,
 		   resource_size_t base,
 		   unsigned long size)
 {
+	iomap->iomem = ioremap_wc(base, size);
+	if (!iomap->iomem)
+		return NULL;
+
 	iomap->base = base;
 	iomap->size = size;
-	iomap->iomem = ioremap_wc(base, size);
 #if defined(pgprot_noncached_wc) /* archs can't agree on a name ... */
 	iomap->prot = pgprot_noncached_wc(PAGE_KERNEL);
 #elif defined(pgprot_writecombine)