diff --git a/gralloc/framebuffer_device.cpp b/gralloc/framebuffer_device.cpp
index cfc480f..3004778 100644
--- a/gralloc/framebuffer_device.cpp
+++ b/gralloc/framebuffer_device.cpp
@@ -469,6 +469,12 @@
 
 	/* initialize our state here */
 	framebuffer_device_t *dev = (framebuffer_device_t *)malloc(sizeof(framebuffer_device_t));
+	if (dev == NULL)
+	{
+		AERR("Error to malloc the framebuffer (%s)", strerror(errno));
+		gralloc_close(gralloc_device);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
 
 	/* initialize the procs */