diff --git a/smb2pdu.c b/smb2pdu.c
index 0677cf72..ec01d6be 100644
--- a/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/smb2pdu.c
@@ -701,6 +701,9 @@ void smb2_send_interim_resp(struct ksmbd_work *work, __le32 status)
 	struct smb2_hdr *rsp_hdr;
 	struct ksmbd_work *in_work = ksmbd_alloc_work_struct();
 
+	if (!in_work)
+		return;
+
 	if (allocate_interim_rsp_buf(in_work)) {
 		pr_err("smb_allocate_rsp_buf failed!\n");
 		ksmbd_free_work_struct(in_work);