diff --git a/sys/dev/bhnd/nvram/bhnd_nvram_private.h b/sys/dev/bhnd/nvram/bhnd_nvram_private.h
index bbcf4f3e49c..5034a629b4c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/bhnd/nvram/bhnd_nvram_private.h
+++ b/sys/dev/bhnd/nvram/bhnd_nvram_private.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ bhnd_nv_strdup(const char *str)
 
 	len = strlen(str);
 	dest = malloc(len + 1, M_BHND_NVRAM, M_NOWAIT);
+	if (dest == NULL)
+		return (NULL);
+
 	memcpy(dest, str, len);
 	dest[len] = '\0';
 
@@ -105,6 +108,9 @@ bhnd_nv_strndup(const char *str, size_t len)
 
 	len = strnlen(str, len);
 	dest = malloc(len + 1, M_BHND_NVRAM, M_NOWAIT);
+	if (dest == NULL)
+		return (NULL);
+
 	memcpy(dest, str, len);
 	dest[len] = '\0';