diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 4d745f77b..b91368b9d 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	- Fix #1296: DNS over QUIC depends on a very outdated version of
 	  ngtcp2. Fixed so it works with ngtcp2 1.13.0 and OpenSSL 3.5.0.
 	- Merge #1297: edns-subnet: fix NULL_AFTER_DEREF on subnetmod.
+	- Fix rrset cache create allocation failure case.
 
 17 June 2025: Yorgos
 	- Fix for consistent use of local zone CNAME alias for configured auth
diff --git a/services/cache/rrset.c b/services/cache/rrset.c
index a05ae5a56..6d5c24f80 100644
--- a/services/cache/rrset.c
+++ b/services/cache/rrset.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ struct rrset_cache* rrset_cache_create(struct config_file* cfg,
 	struct rrset_cache *r = (struct rrset_cache*)slabhash_create(slabs,
 		startarray, maxmem, ub_rrset_sizefunc, ub_rrset_compare,
 		ub_rrset_key_delete, rrset_data_delete, alloc);
+	if(!r)
+		return NULL;
 	slabhash_setmarkdel(&r->table, &rrset_markdel);
 	return r;
 }