diff --git a/src/gprs/gb_proxy.c b/src/gprs/gb_proxy.c
index d95139f..3603e14 100644
--- a/src/gprs/gb_proxy.c
+++ b/src/gprs/gb_proxy.c
@@ -1431,6 +1431,10 @@
 
 	INIT_LLIST_HEAD(&cfg->bts_peers);
 	cfg->ctrg = rate_ctr_group_alloc(tall_bsc_ctx, &global_ctrg_desc, 0);
+	if (!cfg->ctrg) {
+		LOGP(DGPRS, LOGL_ERROR, "Cannot allocate global counter group!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &tp);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/gprs/gb_proxy_peer.c b/src/gprs/gb_proxy_peer.c
index 5365ff0..8909687 100644
--- a/src/gprs/gb_proxy_peer.c
+++ b/src/gprs/gb_proxy_peer.c
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@
 
 	peer->bvci = bvci;
 	peer->ctrg = rate_ctr_group_alloc(peer, &peer_ctrg_desc, bvci);
+	if (!peer->ctrg) {
+		talloc_free(peer);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	peer->cfg = cfg;
 
 	llist_add(&peer->list, &cfg->bts_peers);
diff --git a/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c b/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c
index 11225dd..93b133f 100644
--- a/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c
+++ b/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 
 void sgsn_rate_ctr_init() {
 	sgsn->rate_ctrs = rate_ctr_group_alloc(tall_bsc_ctx, &sgsn_ctrg_desc, 0);
+	OSMO_ASSERT(sgsn->rate_ctrs);
 }
 
 /* look-up an SGSN MM context based on Iu UE context (struct ue_conn_ctx)*/
@@ -229,6 +230,11 @@
 	LOGMMCTXP(LOGL_DEBUG, ctx, "Allocated with %s cipher.\n",
 		  get_value_string(gprs_cipher_names, ctx->ciph_algo));
 	ctx->ctrg = rate_ctr_group_alloc(ctx, &mmctx_ctrg_desc, tlli);
+	if (!ctx->ctrg) {
+		LOGMMCTXP(LOGL_ERROR, ctx, "Cannot allocate counter group\n");
+		talloc_free(ctx);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	INIT_LLIST_HEAD(&ctx->pdp_list);
 
 	llist_add(&ctx->list, &sgsn_mm_ctxts);
@@ -253,6 +259,11 @@
 	ctx->pmm_state = PMM_DETACHED;
 	ctx->auth_triplet.key_seq = GSM_KEY_SEQ_INVAL;
 	ctx->ctrg = rate_ctr_group_alloc(ctx, &mmctx_ctrg_desc, 0);
+	if (!ctx->ctrg) {
+		LOGMMCTXP(LOGL_ERROR, ctx, "Cannot allocate counter group\n");
+		talloc_free(ctx);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/* Need to get RAID from IU conn */
 	ctx->ra = ctx->iu.ue_ctx->ra_id;
@@ -380,6 +391,11 @@
 	pdp->mm = mm;
 	pdp->nsapi = nsapi;
 	pdp->ctrg = rate_ctr_group_alloc(pdp, &pdpctx_ctrg_desc, nsapi);
+	if (!pdp->ctrg) {
+		LOGPDPCTXP(LOGL_ERROR, pdp, "Error allocation counter group\n");
+		talloc_free(pdp);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	llist_add(&pdp->list, &mm->pdp_list);
 	llist_add(&pdp->g_list, &sgsn_pdp_ctxts);
 
diff --git a/src/libbsc/net_init.c b/src/libbsc/net_init.c
index bc5ed35..4dfc258 100644
--- a/src/libbsc/net_init.c
+++ b/src/libbsc/net_init.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
 
 	/* init statistics */
 	net->bsc_ctrs = rate_ctr_group_alloc(net, &bsc_ctrg_desc, 0);
+	if (!net->bsc_ctrs) {
+		talloc_free(net);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	gsm_net_update_ctype(net);
 
diff --git a/src/libcommon-cs/common_cs.c b/src/libcommon-cs/common_cs.c
index 8e19bb2..99206c8 100644
--- a/src/libcommon-cs/common_cs.c
+++ b/src/libcommon-cs/common_cs.c
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
 
 	/* init statistics */
 	net->msc_ctrs = rate_ctr_group_alloc(net, &msc_ctrg_desc, 0);
+	if (!net->msc_ctrs) {
+		talloc_free(net);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	net->active_calls = osmo_counter_alloc("msc.active_calls");
 
 	net->mncc_recv = mncc_recv;