diff --git a/tests/domaincapstest.c b/tests/domaincapstest.c
index 70d2ef37370c1bdb0d81208ca2187439c41e2b8b..fa931f6b028364c046413ef30ae077aafc6d7723 100644
--- a/tests/domaincapstest.c
+++ b/tests/domaincapstest.c
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ mymain(void)
 
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverConfigNew(false);
 
+    if (!cfg)
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+
 # define DO_TEST_QEMU(Filename, QemuCapsFile, Emulatorbin, Machine, Arch, Type, ...)    \
     do {                                                                                \
         const char *capsPath = abs_srcdir "/qemucapabilitiesdata/" QemuCapsFile ".caps";    \
diff --git a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
index 1c18dbbc44ae0a28307f5b16ed258d1a2866de06..12a7f719b248ec2049234c0ff69b7a1c6c073339 100644
--- a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ mymain(void)
 
     virEventRegisterDefaultImpl();
 
-    driver.config = virQEMUDriverConfigNew(false);
+    if (!(driver.config = virQEMUDriverConfigNew(false)))
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
     VIR_FREE(driver.config->spiceListen);
     VIR_FREE(driver.config->vncListen);
     /* some dummy values from 'config file' */
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlnstest.c b/tests/qemuxmlnstest.c
index 947aa9ce0744d0933aa28778fe0c0bb0c8906d0d..4d665dae9120c6cbbce07dbf6992f4df7f88bee4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlnstest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlnstest.c
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ mymain(void)
     if (!abs_top_srcdir)
         abs_top_srcdir = abs_srcdir "/..";
 
-    driver.config = virQEMUDriverConfigNew(false);
+    if (!(driver.config = virQEMUDriverConfigNew(false)))
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
     if ((driver.caps = testQemuCapsInit()) == NULL)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     if (!(driver.xmlopt = virQEMUDriverCreateXMLConf(&driver)))