1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/sysctl.c b/src/sysctl.c
index 38ea2d18bc..a8a9422ac3 100644
--- a/src/sysctl.c
+++ b/src/sysctl.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static void apply_sysctl(const char *property, const char *value) {
         if (!(p = new(char, sizeof(PROC_SYS_PREFIX) + strlen(property)))) {
                 log_error("Out of memory");
                 exit_code = -ENOMEM;
+                return;
         }
 
         n = stpcpy(p, PROC_SYS_PREFIX);