diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
index ed119a3f6f2e..7f0208300110 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ static int asd_map_scatterlist(struct sas_task *task,
 		dma_addr_t dma = dma_map_single(&asd_ha->pcidev->dev, p,
 						task->total_xfer_len,
 						task->data_dir);
+		if (dma_mapping_error(&asd_ha->pcidev->dev, dma))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 		sg_arr[0].bus_addr = cpu_to_le64((u64)dma);
 		sg_arr[0].size = cpu_to_le32(task->total_xfer_len);
 		sg_arr[0].flags |= ASD_SG_EL_LIST_EOL;