--- ssl_ciph.c.orig	2016-03-02 17:39:01.677826126 -0800
+++ ssl_ciph.c	2016-03-02 17:40:51.942840242 -0800
@@ -1996,6 +1996,8 @@
 
     MemCheck_off();
     comp = (SSL_COMP *)OPENSSL_malloc(sizeof(SSL_COMP));
+    if (comp == NULL)
+	return 1;
     comp->id = id;
     comp->method = cm;
     load_builtin_compressions();
