diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 12934e8..d7920f3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -966,6 +966,9 @@ static void __init setup_randomness(void)
 
 	vmms = (struct sysinfo_3_2_2 *) memblock_phys_alloc(PAGE_SIZE,
 							    PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!vmms)
+		panic("Failed to allocate memory for sysinfo structure\n");
+
 	if (stsi(vmms, 3, 2, 2) == 0 && vmms->count)
 		add_device_randomness(&vmms->vm, sizeof(vmms->vm[0]) * vmms->count);
 	memblock_free((unsigned long) vmms, PAGE_SIZE);