1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bitmap.c b/bitmap.c
index 86176696..0f8a2653 100644
--- a/bitmap.c
+++ b/bitmap.c
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ bitmap_info_t *bitmap_fd_read(int fd, int brief)
 	void *buf;
 	int n, skip;
 
-	posix_memalign(&buf, 512, 8192);
+	if (posix_memalign(&buf, 512, 8192) != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, Name ": failed to allocate 8192 bytes\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	n = read(fd, buf, 8192);
 
 	info = malloc(sizeof(*info));