diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/errcode.h b/fs/bcachefs/errcode.h
index a1bc6c7a8ba0..9c4fe5cdbfb7 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/errcode.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/errcode.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 	x(ENOMEM,			ENOMEM_dev_alloc)			\
 	x(ENOMEM,			ENOMEM_disk_accounting)			\
 	x(ENOMEM,			ENOMEM_stripe_head_alloc)		\
+	x(ENOMEM,                       ENOMEM_journal_read_bucket)             \
 	x(ENOSPC,			ENOSPC_disk_reservation)		\
 	x(ENOSPC,			ENOSPC_bucket_alloc)			\
 	x(ENOSPC,			ENOSPC_disk_label_add)			\
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/journal_io.c b/fs/bcachefs/journal_io.c
index 954f6a96e0f4..ccaafa90f4f4 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/journal_io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/journal_io.c
@@ -1012,6 +1012,8 @@ reread:
 			nr_bvecs = buf_pages(buf->data, sectors_read << 9);
 
 			bio = bio_kmalloc(nr_bvecs, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!bio)
+				return -BCH_ERR_ENOMEM_journal_read_bucket;
 			bio_init(bio, ca->disk_sb.bdev, bio->bi_inline_vecs, nr_bvecs, REQ_OP_READ);
 
 			bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = offset;