1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nasmlib/alloc.c b/nasmlib/alloc.c
index 2f3f9519..ad2cff3d 100644
--- a/nasmlib/alloc.c
+++ b/nasmlib/alloc.c
@@ -42,7 +42,23 @@
 
 no_return nasm_alloc_failed(void)
 {
-    nasm_fatal("out of memory");
+    /* If nasm_fatal() gets us back here, then croak hard */
+    static bool already_here = false;
+    FILE *errfile;
+
+    if (likely(!already_here)) {
+        already_here = true;
+        nasm_fatal("out of memory!");
+    }
+
+    errfile = error_file;
+    if (!errfile)
+        error_file = stderr;
+
+    fprintf(error_file, "nasm: out of memory!\n");
+    fflush(error_file);
+    fflush(NULL);
+    abort();
 }
 
 void *nasm_malloc(size_t size)