diff --git a/stand/efi/libefi/handles.c b/stand/efi/libefi/handles.c
index 1e4ef6ffbd50..a55239dbec8c 100644
--- a/stand/efi/libefi/handles.c
+++ b/stand/efi/libefi/handles.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ efi_register_handles(struct devsw *sw, EFI_HANDLE *handles,
 	nentries += count;
 	sz = nentries * sizeof(struct entry);
 	entry = (entry == NULL) ? malloc(sz) : realloc(entry, sz);
+	if (entry == NULL)
+		return (ENOMEM);
 	for (unit = 0; idx < nentries; idx++, unit++) {
 		entry[idx].handle = handles[unit];
 		if (aliases != NULL)