diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
index 36d2d717..84d22507 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.177 2015/12/09 02:45:23 tedu Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.178 2015/12/30 06:01:18 tedu Exp $	*/
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2010, 2011 Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>
  * Copyright (c) 2012 Matthew Dempsky <matthew@openbsd.org>
@@ -1225,8 +1225,10 @@ validate_junk(void *p) {
 	if (p == NULL)
 		return;
 	r = find(pool, p);
-	if (r == NULL)
+	if (r == NULL) {
 		wrterror("bogus pointer in validate_junk", p);
+		return;
+	}
 	REALSIZE(sz, r);
 	if (sz > 0 && sz <= MALLOC_MAXCHUNK)
 		sz -= mopts.malloc_canaries;