diff --git a/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress.c
index f620cafca633ba691d364efdce0ac33b7a88957e..16bb995bc6c4c03f7c588d849641ac6a89c463fc 100644
--- a/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -4810,6 +4810,8 @@ ZSTD_CDict* ZSTD_createCDict_advanced2(
                         dictLoadMethod, cctxParams.cParams,
                         cctxParams.useRowMatchFinder, cctxParams.enableDedicatedDictSearch,
                         customMem);
+    if (!cdict)
+        return NULL;
 
     if (ZSTD_isError( ZSTD_initCDict_internal(cdict,
                                     dict, dictSize,