diff --git a/src/util/pci.c b/src/util/pci.c
index 2bbb90c0a6e92ad5be4a7ac267d4f56a3a565dd6..33b4b0ee12cef571bfa8d3ae7f34c61fa868d668 100644
--- a/src/util/pci.c
+++ b/src/util/pci.c
@@ -2018,7 +2018,10 @@ pciDeviceNetName(char *device_link_sysfs_path, char **netname)
 
             /* Assume a single directory entry */
             *netname = strdup(entry->d_name);
-            ret = 0;
+            if (!*netname)
+                virReportOOMError();
+            else
+                ret = 0;
             break;
      }