diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 2fa73ee7942f..3c42d6f45189 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 			if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_SPARC_REGISTER)
 				break;
 			if (symname[0] == '.') {
-				char *munged = strdup(symname);
+				char *munged = NOFAIL(strdup(symname));
 				munged[0] = '_';
 				munged[1] = toupper(munged[1]);
 				symname = munged;
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol2(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
 static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
 {
 	if (match(s, init_exit_sections)) {
-		char *p = malloc(20);
+		char *p = NOFAIL(malloc(20));
 		char *r = p;
 
 		*p++ = '_';
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
 			strcat(p, " ");
 		return r;
 	} else {
-		return strdup("");
+		return NOFAIL(strdup(""));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ void buf_write(struct buffer *buf, const char *s, int len)
 {
 	if (buf->size - buf->pos < len) {
 		buf->size += len + SZ;
-		buf->p = realloc(buf->p, buf->size);
+		buf->p = NOFAIL(realloc(buf->p, buf->size));
 	}
 	strncpy(buf->p + buf->pos, s, len);
 	buf->pos += len;