diff --git a/src/backend/commands/sequence.c b/src/backend/commands/sequence.c
index f37b6199b242073a4df58e1c6c40a9809ad290da..d5437afa73a3513a7da544fe4a5ff3bbfb2a0a45 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/sequence.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/sequence.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/sequence.c,v 1.56 2001/05/27 09:59:29 petere Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/sequence.c,v 1.57 2001/06/01 19:52:24 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -646,8 +646,11 @@ init_sequence(char *caller, char *name)
 		 * as the backend does, so we use plain malloc for them.
 		 */
 		elm = (SeqTable) malloc(sizeof(SeqTableData));
-		elm->name = malloc(strlen(name) + 1);
-		strcpy(elm->name, name);
+		if (elm == NULL)
+			elog(ERROR, "Memory exhausted in init_sequence");
+		elm->name = strdup(name);
+		if (elm->name == NULL)
+			elog(ERROR, "Memory exhausted in init_sequence");
 		elm->rel = seqrel;
 		elm->relid = RelationGetRelid(seqrel);
 		elm->cached = elm->last = elm->increment = 0;
diff --git a/src/backend/lib/dllist.c b/src/backend/lib/dllist.c
index 9f2135cc9ad6e26d980d5af47872417108c3798d..6f88bfea257163b33beef6f4338adf62d173a09f 100644
--- a/src/backend/lib/dllist.c
+++ b/src/backend/lib/dllist.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/lib/dllist.c,v 1.21 2001/02/10 02:31:26 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/lib/dllist.c,v 1.22 2001/06/01 19:54:58 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ DLNewList(void)
 	Dllist	   *l;
 
 	l = (Dllist *) malloc(sizeof(Dllist));
+	if (l == NULL)
+		elog(ERROR, "Memory exhausted in DLNewList");
 	l->dll_head = 0;
 	l->dll_tail = 0;
 
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ DLNewElem(void *val)
 	Dlelem	   *e;
 
 	e = (Dlelem *) malloc(sizeof(Dlelem));
+	if (e == NULL)
+		elog(ERROR, "Memory exhausted in DLNewElem");
 	e->dle_next = 0;
 	e->dle_prev = 0;
 	e->dle_val = val;