diff --git a/src/scheduler.cc/samples/fifo/server_info.c b/src/scheduler.cc/samples/fifo/server_info.c
index ce61679dff..84c00d511d 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.cc/samples/fifo/server_info.c
+++ b/src/scheduler.cc/samples/fifo/server_info.c
@@ -654,6 +654,9 @@ token** get_token_array(char* tokenlist)
 
   token_array = (token **)malloc(sizeof(token *) * (count + 1));
 
+  if (token_array == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
   for (i = 0;  i < count; i++)
     {
     token_array[i] = get_token(list[i]);