diff --git a/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_PrintJob.cpp b/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_PrintJob.cpp
index 0381e828c26..d6a74e9ee2c 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_PrintJob.cpp
+++ b/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_PrintJob.cpp
@@ -4259,6 +4259,12 @@ static BOOL SetPrinterDevice(LPTSTR pszDeviceName, HGLOBAL* p_hDevMode,
 
   // Allocate a global handle big enough to hold DEVNAMES.
   HGLOBAL   hDevNames = ::GlobalAlloc(GHND, devNameSize);
+  if (hDevNames == NULL) {
+    ::GlobalFree(hDevMode);
+    ::GlobalFree(p2);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
   DEVNAMES* pDevNames = (DEVNAMES*)::GlobalLock(hDevNames);
 
   // Copy the DEVNAMES information from PRINTER_INFO_2 structure.