diff --git a/reactos/subsys/win32k/misc/driver.c b/reactos/subsys/win32k/misc/driver.c
index 257431bbad5..358eefca357 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/win32k/misc/driver.c
+++ b/reactos/subsys/win32k/misc/driver.c
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ BOOL DRIVER_RegisterDriver(LPCWSTR  Name, PGD_ENABLEDRIVER  EnableDriver)
     Driver->Name = ExAllocatePoolWithTag(PagedPool,
                                          (wcslen(Name) + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR),
                                          TAG_DRIVER);
+    if (Driver->Name == NULL)                                         
+    {
+        DPRINT1("Out of memory\n");
+        ExFreePool(Driver);
+        return  FALSE;
+    }
+    
     wcscpy(Driver->Name, Name);
     Driver->Next  = DriverList;
     DriverList = Driver;