diff --git a/Kernel/Storage/Ramdisk/Controller.cpp b/Kernel/Storage/Ramdisk/Controller.cpp
index 2893c737db..d414b0ca28 100644
--- a/Kernel/Storage/Ramdisk/Controller.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Storage/Ramdisk/Controller.cpp
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 namespace Kernel {
 
-NonnullRefPtr<RamdiskController> RamdiskController::initialize()
+ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<RamdiskController>> RamdiskController::try_initialize()
 {
-    return adopt_ref(*new RamdiskController());
+    return TRY(adopt_nonnull_ref_or_enomem(new (nothrow) RamdiskController()));
 }
 
 bool RamdiskController::reset()
diff --git a/Kernel/Storage/Ramdisk/Controller.h b/Kernel/Storage/Ramdisk/Controller.h
index 4a92dce5a4..7f345990bf 100644
--- a/Kernel/Storage/Ramdisk/Controller.h
+++ b/Kernel/Storage/Ramdisk/Controller.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class AsyncBlockDeviceRequest;
 
 class RamdiskController final : public StorageController {
 public:
-    static NonnullRefPtr<RamdiskController> initialize();
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<RamdiskController>> try_initialize();
     virtual ~RamdiskController() override;
 
     virtual LockRefPtr<StorageDevice> device(u32 index) const override;
diff --git a/Kernel/Storage/StorageManagement.cpp b/Kernel/Storage/StorageManagement.cpp
index 7fa774d8d2..76dd7fd826 100644
--- a/Kernel/Storage/StorageManagement.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Storage/StorageManagement.cpp
@@ -444,7 +444,12 @@ UNMAP_AFTER_INIT void StorageManagement::initialize(StringView root_device, bool
     }
     // Note: Whether PCI bus is present on the system or not, always try to attach
     // a given ramdisk.
-    m_controllers.append(RamdiskController::initialize());
+    auto controller = RamdiskController::try_initialize();
+    if (controller.is_error()) {
+        dmesgln("Unable to initialize RAM controller: {}", controller.error());
+    } else {
+        m_controllers.append(controller.release_value());
+    }
     enumerate_storage_devices();
     enumerate_disk_partitions();