diff --git a/src/gsm/lapdm.c b/src/gsm/lapdm.c
index 698f85028..54d3a0b8a 100644
--- a/src/gsm/lapdm.c
+++ b/src/gsm/lapdm.c
@@ -675,6 +675,9 @@ static int l2_ph_rach_ind(struct lapdm_entity *le, uint8_t ra, uint32_t fn, uint
 	struct gsm_time gt;
 	struct msgb *msg = msgb_alloc_headroom(512, 64, "RSL CHAN RQD");
 
+	if (!msg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	msg->l2h = msgb_push(msg, sizeof(*ch));
 	ch = (struct abis_rsl_cchan_hdr *)msg->l2h;
 	rsl_init_cchan_hdr(ch, RSL_MT_CHAN_RQD);
diff --git a/src/sim/reader.c b/src/sim/reader.c
index 160f1758a..e7169b5ad 100644
--- a/src/sim/reader.c
+++ b/src/sim/reader.c
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ static int transceive_apdu_t0(struct osim_card_hdl *st, struct msgb *amsg)
 	uint16_t sw;
 	int rc, num_resp = 0;
 
+	if (!tmsg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	/* create TPDU header from APDU header */
 	tpduh = (struct osim_apdu_cmd_hdr *) msgb_put(tmsg, sizeof(*tpduh));
 	memcpy(tpduh, msgb_apdu_h(amsg), sizeof(*tpduh));