ret = probe_file__del_strlist(kfd, klist);
                if (ret < 0)
                        goto error;
-       }
+       } else if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+               goto error;
 
        ret2 = probe_file__get_events(ufd, filter, ulist);
        if (ret2 == 0) {
                ret2 = probe_file__del_strlist(ufd, ulist);
                if (ret2 < 0)
                        goto error;
-       }
+       } else if (ret2 == -ENOMEM)
+               goto error;
 
        if (ret == -ENOENT && ret2 == -ENOENT)
                pr_warning("\"%s\" does not hit any event.\n", str);
 
                p = strchr(ent->s, ':');
                if ((p && strfilter__compare(filter, p + 1)) ||
                    strfilter__compare(filter, ent->s)) {
-                       strlist__add(plist, ent->s);
+                       ret = strlist__add(plist, ent->s);
+                       if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
+                               pr_err("strlist__add failed with -ENOMEM\n");
+                               goto out;
+                       }
                        ret = 0;
                }
        }
+out:
        strlist__delete(namelist);
 
        return ret;
                                ret = -EINVAL;
                                goto out;
                        }
-                       strlist__add(entry->tevlist, buf);
+                       ret = strlist__add(entry->tevlist, buf);
+                       if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
+                               pr_err("strlist__add failed with -ENOMEM\n");
+                               goto out;
+                       }
                }
        }
 out:
                command = synthesize_probe_trace_command(&tevs[i]);
                if (!command)
                        goto out_err;
-               strlist__add(entry->tevlist, command);
+               ret = strlist__add(entry->tevlist, command);
+               if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
+                       pr_err("strlist__add failed with -ENOMEM\n");
+                       goto out_err;
+               }
+
                free(command);
        }
        list_add_tail(&entry->node, &pcache->entries);
                        break;
                }
 
-               strlist__add(entry->tevlist, buf);
+               ret = strlist__add(entry->tevlist, buf);
+
                free(buf);
                entry = NULL;
+
+               if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
+                       pr_err("strlist__add failed with -ENOMEM\n");
+                       break;
+               }
        }
        if (entry) {
                list_del_init(&entry->node);