1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sds.c b/sds.c
index b31ccf2..923ffd8 100644
--- a/sds.c
+++ b/sds.c
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ sds sdsnewlen(const void *init, size_t initlen) {
     unsigned char *fp; /* flags pointer. */
 
     sh = s_malloc(hdrlen+initlen+1);
+    if (sh == NULL) return NULL;
     if (!init)
         memset(sh, 0, hdrlen+initlen+1);
-    if (sh == NULL) return NULL;
     s = (char*)sh+hdrlen;
     fp = ((unsigned char*)s)-1;
     switch(type) {