diff --git a/jdk/src/share/native/sun/java2d/cmm/lcms/cmsopt.c b/jdk/src/share/native/sun/java2d/cmm/lcms/cmsopt.c
index 808e03c0c98..7086109cecb 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/native/sun/java2d/cmm/lcms/cmsopt.c
+++ b/jdk/src/share/native/sun/java2d/cmm/lcms/cmsopt.c
@@ -1201,6 +1201,15 @@ Curves16Data* CurvesAlloc(cmsContext ContextID, int nCurves, int nElements, cmsT
     for (i=0; i < nCurves; i++) {
 
         c16->Curves[i] = _cmsCalloc(ContextID, nElements, sizeof(cmsUInt16Number));
+        if (c16->Curves[i] == NULL) {
+            for (j=0; j < i; j++) {
+                _cmsFree(ContextID, c16->Curves[j]);
+            }
+            _cmsFree(ContextID, c16->Curves);
+            _cmsFree(ContextID, c16);
+
+            return NULL;
+        }
 
         if (nElements == 256) {