diff --git a/lib/cf-socket.c b/lib/cf-socket.c
index c0f01c1a00..ce728f5b3e 100644
--- a/lib/cf-socket.c
+++ b/lib/cf-socket.c
@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ static CURLcode socket_open(struct Curl_easy *data,
   else {
     /* opensocket callback not set, so simply create the socket now */
     *sockfd = CURL_SOCKET(addr->family, addr->socktype, addr->protocol);
+    if((*sockfd == CURL_SOCKET_BAD) && (SOCKERRNO == SOCKENOMEM))
+      return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
   }
 
   if(*sockfd == CURL_SOCKET_BAD) {