diff --git a/components/driver/i2s/i2s_common.c b/components/driver/i2s/i2s_common.c
index b226dbc94c..dcd06bd314 100644
--- a/components/driver/i2s/i2s_common.c
+++ b/components/driver/i2s/i2s_common.c
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ 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 decriptor 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");
     size_t desc_size = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
         /* Allocate DMA descriptor */