diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp
index 6faa680474..20bf965017 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp
@@ -1630,7 +1630,10 @@ static bool ggml_backend_sched_alloc_splits(ggml_backend_sched_t sched) {
             ggml_backend_synchronize(sched->backends[i]);
         }
 
-        ggml_gallocr_reserve_n(sched->galloc, &sched->graph, sched->node_backend_ids, sched->leaf_backend_ids);
+        if (!ggml_gallocr_reserve_n(sched->galloc, &sched->graph, sched->node_backend_ids, sched->leaf_backend_ids)) {
+            GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: failed to reserve graph buffers\n", __func__);
+            return false;
+        }
         if (!ggml_gallocr_alloc_graph(sched->galloc, &sched->graph)) {
             GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: failed to allocate graph\n", __func__);
             return false;