diff --git a/libraries/libldap/fetch.c b/libraries/libldap/fetch.c
index 9e426dc647..536871bcfe 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/fetch.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/fetch.c
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ ldif_open_url(
 		}
 
 		p = ber_strdup( urlstr );
+		if ( p == NULL )
+			return NULL;
 
 		/* But we should convert to LDAP_DIRSEP before use */
 		if ( LDAP_DIRSEP[0] != '/' ) {