diff --git a/source4/auth/gensec/pygensec.c b/source4/auth/gensec/pygensec.c
index cd05bd7ccf6..5fe37031382 100644
--- a/source4/auth/gensec/pygensec.c
+++ b/source4/auth/gensec/pygensec.c
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ static PyObject *py_gensec_start_client(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyOb
 		}
 
 		settings->lp_ctx = loadparm_init_global(true);
+		if (settings->lp_ctx == NULL) {
+			PyErr_NoMemory();
+			PyObject_DEL(self);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ev = tevent_context_init(self->talloc_ctx);
@@ -181,6 +186,11 @@ static PyObject *py_gensec_start_server(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyOb
 		}
 
 		settings->lp_ctx = loadparm_init_global(true);
+		if (settings->lp_ctx == NULL) {
+			PyErr_NoMemory();
+			PyObject_DEL(self);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ev = tevent_context_init(self->talloc_ctx);
diff --git a/source4/param/pyparam.c b/source4/param/pyparam.c
index a248215fd93..3ba81468605 100644
--- a/source4/param/pyparam.c
+++ b/source4/param/pyparam.c
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ static PyObject *py_lp_ctx_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwa
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	ret->ptr = loadparm_init_global(false);
+	if (ret->ptr == NULL) {
+		PyErr_NoMemory();
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return (PyObject *)ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/source4/param/pyparam_util.c b/source4/param/pyparam_util.c
index 528c007624d..cbf2095e855 100644
--- a/source4/param/pyparam_util.c
+++ b/source4/param/pyparam_util.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ _PUBLIC_ struct loadparm_context *lpcfg_from_py_object(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, PyOb
 
 	if (PyString_Check(py_obj)) {
 		lp_ctx = loadparm_init_global(false);
+		if (lp_ctx == NULL) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		if (!lpcfg_load(lp_ctx, PyString_AsString(py_obj))) {
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Unable to load %s", 
 				     PyString_AsString(py_obj));