diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index b29d387..fc7ef3c 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ pub unsafe fn alloc_aligned_box_slice<T, const ALIGN: usize>(len: usize) -> Box<
 #[inline(always)]
 pub unsafe fn alloc_aligned(len: usize, align: usize) -> *mut u8 {
     let layout = std::alloc::Layout::from_size_align_unchecked(len, align);
-    std::alloc::alloc(layout)
+    let ptr = std::alloc::alloc(layout);
+    if ptr.is_null() {
+        std::alloc::handle_alloc_error(layout);
+    }
+    ptr
 }
 
 #[macro_export]