diff --git a/record/record.c b/record/record.c
index e52798fa0..4f7c12659 100644
--- a/record/record.c
+++ b/record/record.c
@@ -2711,7 +2711,8 @@ RecordAClientStateChange(CallbackListPtr *pcbl, void *nulldata,
         /* RecordDisableContext modifies contents of ppAllContexts. */
         if (!(numContextsCopy = numContexts))
             break;
-        ppAllContextsCopy = calloc(numContextsCopy, sizeof(RecordContextPtr));
+        if (!(ppAllContextsCopy = calloc(numContextsCopy, sizeof(RecordContextPtr))))
+            return;
         assert(ppAllContextsCopy);
         memcpy(ppAllContextsCopy, ppAllContexts,
                numContextsCopy * sizeof(RecordContextPtr));