diff --git a/src/joystick/SDL_gamecontroller.c b/src/joystick/SDL_gamecontroller.c
index e995e2ada..76b9b0689 100644
--- a/src/joystick/SDL_gamecontroller.c
+++ b/src/joystick/SDL_gamecontroller.c
@@ -735,6 +735,10 @@ SDL_GameControllerMappingForGUID(SDL_JoystickGUID guid)
         /* allocate enough memory for GUID + ',' + name + ',' + mapping + \0 */
         needed = SDL_strlen(pchGUID) + 1 + SDL_strlen(mapping->name) + 1 + SDL_strlen(mapping->mapping) + 1;
         pMappingString = SDL_malloc(needed);
+        if (!pMappingString) {
+            SDL_OutOfMemory();
+            return NULL;
+        }
         SDL_snprintf(pMappingString, needed, "%s,%s,%s", pchGUID, mapping->name, mapping->mapping);
     }
     return pMappingString;