diff --git a/vendored/libfuse/include/objpool.hpp b/vendored/libfuse/include/objpool.hpp
index f7d20ad6..6e4facdb 100644
--- a/vendored/libfuse/include/objpool.hpp
+++ b/vendored/libfuse/include/objpool.hpp
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ private:
             static_cast<void*>(node) :
             _allocator.allocate(size_, alignof(T)));
 
+    if(not mem)
+      return nullptr;
+
     try
       {
         return new(mem) T(std::forward<Args>(args_)...);