diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index dccdb35..20b2c1e 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -856,6 +856,10 @@
 			}
 
 			node = malloc(sizeof(*node));
+			if (!node) {
+				memprintf(err, "out of memory error");
+				goto error;
+			}
 			memcpy(node, logsrv, sizeof(struct logsrv));
 			node->ref = logsrv;
 			LIST_INIT(&node->list);