diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index 795776b57..5e9228ad9 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.111 - 
 ====================================
+  Add missing check for allocation inside dm_split_lvm_name().
   Test dm_task_get_message_response for !NULL in dm_stats_print_region().
   Add checks for failing dm_stats_create() in dmsetup.
   Add missing fifo close when failed to initialize client connection.
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-string.c b/libdm/libdm-string.c
index 587abfe34..913283283 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-string.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-string.c
@@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ static char *_unquote(char *component)
 int dm_split_lvm_name(struct dm_pool *mem, const char *dmname,
 		      char **vgname, char **lvname, char **layer)
 {
-	if (mem)
-		*vgname = dm_pool_strdup(mem, dmname);
+	if (mem && !(*vgname = dm_pool_strdup(mem, dmname))) {
+		log_error("Failed to duplicate dmname.");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (!*vgname)
 		return 0;