diff --git a/components/esp_driver_i2s/i2s_common.c b/components/esp_driver_i2s/i2s_common.c
index f5f9e10bf8..9c568eaa11 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_i2s/i2s_common.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_i2s/i2s_common.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ esp_err_t i2s_alloc_dma_desc(i2s_chan_handle_t handle, uint32_t num, uint32_t bu
     handle->dma.desc = (lldesc_t **)heap_caps_calloc(num, sizeof(lldesc_t *), I2S_MEM_ALLOC_CAPS);
     ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(handle->dma.desc, ESP_ERR_NO_MEM, err, TAG, "create I2S DMA descriptor array failed");
     handle->dma.bufs = (uint8_t **)heap_caps_calloc(num, sizeof(uint8_t *), I2S_MEM_ALLOC_CAPS);
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(handle->dma.bufs, ESP_ERR_NO_MEM, err, TAG, "create I2S DMA buffer array failed");
     for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
         /* Allocate DMA descriptor */
         handle->dma.desc[i] = (lldesc_t *) i2s_dma_calloc(handle, 1, sizeof(lldesc_t));