diff --git a/Programs/_testembed.c b/Programs/_testembed.c
index b5047a014ac64e..76c61efeb50a75 100644
--- a/Programs/_testembed.c
+++ b/Programs/_testembed.c
@@ -340,8 +340,18 @@ static int test_pre_initialization_sys_options(void)
     size_t xoption_len = wcslen(static_xoption);
     wchar_t *dynamic_once_warnoption = \
              (wchar_t *) calloc(warnoption_len+1, sizeof(wchar_t));
+    if (dynamic_once_warnoption == NULL) {
+        error("out of memory allocating warnoption");
+        return 1;
+    }
     wchar_t *dynamic_xoption = \
              (wchar_t *) calloc(xoption_len+1, sizeof(wchar_t));
+    if (dynamic_xoption == NULL) {
+        free(dynamic_once_warnoption);
+        error("out of memory allocating xoption");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     wcsncpy(dynamic_once_warnoption, static_warnoption, warnoption_len+1);
     wcsncpy(dynamic_xoption, static_xoption, xoption_len+1);