diff --git a/lib/kadm5/dump_log.c b/lib/kadm5/dump_log.c
index 7a6d0c15d..4bd515e86 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/dump_log.c
+++ b/lib/kadm5/dump_log.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2002 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2003 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ print_entry(kadm5_server_context *server_context,
 	krb5_free_principal(context, source);
 	break;
     case kadm_rename:
-	krb5_data_alloc(&data, len);
+	ret = krb5_data_alloc(&data, len);
+	if (ret)
+	    krb5_err (context, 1, ret, "kadm_rename: data alloc: %d", len);
 	krb5_ret_principal(sp, &source);
 	krb5_storage_read(sp, data.data, data.length);
 	hdb_value2entry(context, &data, &ent);
@@ -102,7 +104,9 @@ print_entry(kadm5_server_context *server_context,
 	hdb_free_entry(context, &ent);
 	break;
     case kadm_create:
-	krb5_data_alloc(&data, len);
+	ret = krb5_data_alloc(&data, len);
+	if (ret)
+	    krb5_err (context, 1, ret, "kadm_create: data alloc: %d", len);
 	krb5_storage_read(sp, data.data, data.length);
 	ret = hdb_value2entry(context, &data, &ent);
 	if(ret)
@@ -110,7 +114,9 @@ print_entry(kadm5_server_context *server_context,
 	mask = ~0;
 	goto foo;
     case kadm_modify:
-	krb5_data_alloc(&data, len);
+	ret = krb5_data_alloc(&data, len);
+	if (ret)
+	    krb5_err (context, 1, ret, "kadm_modify: data alloc: %d", len);
 	krb5_ret_int32(sp, &mask);
 	krb5_storage_read(sp, data.data, data.length);
 	ret = hdb_value2entry(context, &data, &ent);