diff --git a/Sources/PFFFTLib/pffft_priv_impl.h b/Sources/PFFFTLib/pffft_priv_impl.h
index 7ac2b0a..e92fdc8 100644
--- a/Sources/PFFFTLib/pffft_priv_impl.h
+++ b/Sources/PFFFTLib/pffft_priv_impl.h
@@ -1061,12 +1061,14 @@ SETUP_STRUCT *FUNC_NEW_SETUP(int N, pffft_transform_t transform) {
   if (transform == PFFFT_REAL)    { if ((N%(2*SIMD_SZ*SIMD_SZ)) || N<=0) return s; }
   if (transform == PFFFT_COMPLEX) { if ((N%(  SIMD_SZ*SIMD_SZ)) || N<=0) return s; }
   s = (SETUP_STRUCT*)malloc(sizeof(SETUP_STRUCT));
+  if (!s) return s;
   /* assert((N % 32) == 0); */
   s->N = N;
   s->transform = transform;  
   /* nb of complex simd vectors */
   s->Ncvec = (transform == PFFFT_REAL ? N/2 : N)/SIMD_SZ;
   s->data = (v4sf*)FUNC_ALIGNED_MALLOC(2*s->Ncvec * sizeof(v4sf));
+  if (!s->data) { free(s); return 0; }
   s->e = (float*)s->data;
   s->twiddle = (float*)(s->data + (2*s->Ncvec*(SIMD_SZ-1))/SIMD_SZ);