diff --git a/src/benchmarks/eina/ecore_strings.c b/src/benchmarks/eina/ecore_strings.c
index 15deae6b8f..e56235226c 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/eina/ecore_strings.c
+++ b/src/benchmarks/eina/ecore_strings.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ ecore_string_instance(const char *string)
 
         str =
            (Ecore_String *)malloc(sizeof(Ecore_String) + length * sizeof(char));
+        if (!str) return NULL;
 
         str->string = (char *)(str + 1);
         str->references = 0;
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/eina/evas_mempool.c b/src/benchmarks/eina/evas_mempool.c
index 40df42fd25..156a36f916 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/eina/evas_mempool.c
+++ b/src/benchmarks/eina/evas_mempool.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ _evas_mp_pool_new(Evas_Mempool *pool)
    item_alloc =
       ((pool->item_size + sizeof(void *) - 1) / sizeof(void *)) * sizeof(void *);
    p = malloc(sizeof(Pool) + (pool->pool_size * item_alloc));
+   if (!p) return NULL;
    ptr = (void **)(((unsigned char *)p) + sizeof(Pool));
    p->usage = 0;
    p->base = ptr;