1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index d0a652e9c708..c9620ff6496f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -736,6 +736,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         rec_argc = ARRAY_SIZE(record_args) + argc - 1;
         rec_argv = calloc(rec_argc + 1, sizeof(char *));
 
+        if (rec_argv == NULL)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(record_args); i++)
                 rec_argv[i] = strdup(record_args[i]);