diff --git a/grub-core/net/net.c b/grub-core/net/net.c
index 1abdc097f..6ea33d1cd 100644
--- a/grub-core/net/net.c
+++ b/grub-core/net/net.c
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ grub_net_ipv6_get_slaac (struct grub_net_card *card,
     }
 
   slaac->name = grub_malloc (sz);
+  if (slaac->name == NULL)
+    {
+      grub_free (slaac);
+      return NULL;
+    }
   ptr = grub_stpcpy (slaac->name, card->name);
   if (grub_net_hwaddr_cmp (&card->default_address, hwaddr) != 0)
     {