((RxD3_t*)rxdp)->Buffer1_ptr = *temp1;
                } else {
                        *skb = dev_alloc_skb(size);
+                       if (!(*skb)) {
+                               DBG_PRINT(ERR_DBG, "%s: dev_alloc_skb failed\n",
+                                         dev->name);
+                               return -ENOMEM;
+                       }
                        ((RxD3_t*)rxdp)->Buffer2_ptr = *temp2 =
                                pci_map_single(sp->pdev, (*skb)->data,
                                               dev->mtu + 4,
                        ((RxD3_t*)rxdp)->Buffer2_ptr = *temp2;
                } else {
                        *skb = dev_alloc_skb(size);
-
+                       if (!(*skb)) {
+                               DBG_PRINT(ERR_DBG, "%s: dev_alloc_skb failed\n",
+                                         dev->name);
+                               return -ENOMEM;
+                       }
                        ((RxD3_t*)rxdp)->Buffer0_ptr = *temp0 =
                                pci_map_single(sp->pdev, ba->ba_0, BUF0_LEN,
                                               PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);