diff --git a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
index 91c5bc79..9e1cd10e 100644
--- a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
+++ b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
@@ -2350,7 +2350,14 @@ fuse_lib_opendir(fuse_req_t            *req_,
       return;
     }
 
-  fuse_dirents_init(&dh->d);
+  err = fuse_dirents_init(&dh->d);
+  if(err)
+    {
+      free(dh);
+      fuse_reply_err(req_,ENOMEM);
+      return;
+    }
+
   mutex_init(dh->lock);
 
   llffi.fh = (uintptr_t)dh;