1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/c_src/permdb.c b/c_src/permdb.c
index 7ad9c61..b3e17b6 100644
--- a/c_src/permdb.c
+++ b/c_src/permdb.c
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ permdb_alloc(const char *dbpath)
         }
 
         permdb_object *state = malloc(sizeof(permdb_object));
+        if (state == NULL) {
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
         state->datafile = bf_open(dbpath, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, "datafile");
         state->indexfile = bf_open(idxpath, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, "indexfile");