diff --git a/Xi/exevents.c b/Xi/exevents.c
index 8e93c3e07..6bda32a6f 100644
--- a/Xi/exevents.c
+++ b/Xi/exevents.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,9 @@ TouchSendOwnershipEvent(DeviceIntPtr dev, TouchPointInfoPtr ti, int reason,
     int nev, i;
     InternalEvent *tel = InitEventList(GetMaximumEventsNum());
 
+    if (!tel)
+        return;
+
     nev = GetTouchOwnershipEvents(tel, dev, ti, reason, resource, 0);
     for (i = 0; i < nev; i++)
         mieqProcessDeviceEvent(dev, tel + i, NULL);
diff --git a/Xi/getselev.c b/Xi/getselev.c
index 95487cfa1..7f23e1852 100644
--- a/Xi/getselev.c
+++ b/Xi/getselev.c
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ ProcXGetSelectedExtensionEvents(ClientPtr client)
             sizeof(XEventClass);
         rep.length = bytes_to_int32(total_length);
         buf = (XEventClass *) malloc(total_length);
+        if (!buf)
+            return BadAlloc;
 
         tclient = buf;
         aclient = buf + rep.this_client_count;