diff --git a/src/mount/mount.ceph.c b/src/mount/mount.ceph.c
index 1345e7f451257..24d320833f2d1 100644
--- a/src/mount/mount.ceph.c
+++ b/src/mount/mount.ceph.c
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ static char *mount_resolve_src(const char *orig_str)
 	char *mount_path;
 	char *src;
 	char *buf = strdup(orig_str);
+	if (!buf) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to allocate memory\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	mount_path = strstr(buf, ":/");
 	if (!mount_path) {