diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/wpan/nm-wpan-utils.c b/src/libnm-platform/wpan/nm-wpan-utils.c
index 0afbe58d3..9350a2a78 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/wpan/nm-wpan-utils.c
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/wpan/nm-wpan-utils.c
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ _nl802154_alloc_msg(guint16 genl_family_id, int ifindex, uint8_t cmd, uint16_t f
     nm_auto_nlmsg struct nl_msg *msg = NULL;
 
     msg = nlmsg_alloc();
-    genlmsg_put(msg, NL_AUTO_PORT, NL_AUTO_SEQ, genl_family_id, 0, flags, cmd, 0);
+    if (!genlmsg_put(msg, NL_AUTO_PORT, NL_AUTO_SEQ, genl_family_id, 0, flags, cmd, 0))
+        goto nla_put_failure;
     NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL802154_ATTR_IFINDEX, ifindex);
     return g_steal_pointer(&msg);