diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_events.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_events.c
index 7368602aef..dfa1aa2c6e 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_events.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_events.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ void
 _ecore_x_event_handle_any_event(XEvent *xevent)
 {
    XEvent *ev = malloc(sizeof(XEvent));
-
+   if (!ev) return;
    memcpy(ev, xevent, sizeof(XEvent));
    ecore_event_add(ECORE_X_EVENT_ANY, ev, NULL, NULL);
 } /* _ecore_x_event_handle_any_event */