diff --git a/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp b/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
index dad99ec0edca6d41a586751f2f61f915699d88e7..32a753c65799565ddec014fce98b540c093349ec 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
@@ -1851,6 +1851,10 @@ void CompileBroker::init_compiler_thread_log() {
           tty->print_cr("Opening compilation log %s", file_name);
         }
         CompileLog* log = new(ResourceObj::C_HEAP, mtCompiler) CompileLog(file_name, fp, thread_id);
+        if (log == NULL) {
+          fclose(fp);
+          return;
+        }
         thread->init_log(log);
 
         if (xtty != NULL) {