diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_api.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_api.c
index 0871467cbe..a2ba18c542 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_api.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_api.c
@@ -2137,10 +2137,17 @@ do_eglShaderPatch(const char *source, int length, int *patched_len)
              int new_len = strlen(p);
              if (*patched_len + new_len > patched_size)
                {
-                  patched_size *= 2;
-                  patched = realloc(patched, patched_size + 1);
+                  char *tmp;
 
-                  if (!patched) return NULL;
+                  patched_size *= 2;
+                  tmp = realloc(patched, patched_size + 1);
+                  if (!tmp)
+                    {
+                       free(patched);
+                       free(p);
+                       return NULL;
+                    }
+                  patched = tmp;
                }
 
              memcpy(patched + *patched_len, p, new_len);
diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/software_generic/evas_engine.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/software_generic/evas_engine.c
index 3fb420a395..06bb479a25 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/software_generic/evas_engine.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/software_generic/evas_engine.c
@@ -3347,11 +3347,17 @@ patch_gles_shader(const char *source, int length, int *patched_len)
              int new_len = strlen(p);
              if (*patched_len + new_len > patched_size) 
                {
-                  patched_size *= 2;
-                  patched = realloc(patched, patched_size + 1);
+                  char *tmp;
 
-                  if (!patched) 
-                     return NULL;
+                  patched_size *= 2;
+                  tmp = realloc(patched, patched_size + 1);
+                  if (!tmp)
+                    {
+                       free(patched);
+                       free(p);
+                       return NULL;
+                    }
+                  patched = tmp;
                }
 
              memcpy(patched + *patched_len, p, new_len);