diff --git a/src/misc1.c b/src/misc1.c
index f6d6c18..54da890 100644
--- a/src/misc1.c
+++ b/src/misc1.c
@@ -5790,6 +5790,9 @@
     while (ok)
     {
 	p = utf16_to_enc(wfb.cFileName, NULL);   // p is allocated here
+	if (p == NULL)
+	    break;  // out of memory
+
 	// Ignore entries starting with a dot, unless when asked for.  Accept
 	// all entries found with "matchname".
 	if ((p[0] != '.' || starts_with_dot