diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 6235e2623d3..0682dd627f8 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 1999-05-10  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
+	* java/lang/natObject.cc (sync_init): Use _Jv_AllocBytesChecked.
+
 	* java/awt/natToolkit.cc: Added copyright header.
 	* java/util/zip/InflaterInputStream.java: Added copyright header.
 
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natObject.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natObject.cc
index 7b26769e351..1d9a4901467 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natObject.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natObject.cc
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ java::lang::Object::sync_init (void)
       // been finalized.  So if we just reinitialize the old one,
       // we'll never be able to (re-)destroy the mutex and/or
       // condition variable.
-      si = (_Jv_SyncInfo *) _Jv_AllocBytes (sizeof (_Jv_SyncInfo));
-      // FIXME: what if si == NULL?
+      si = (_Jv_SyncInfo *) _Jv_AllocBytesChecked (sizeof (_Jv_SyncInfo));
       _Jv_MutexInit (&si->mutex);
       _Jv_CondInit (&si->condition);
 #if defined (_Jv_HaveCondDestroy) || defined (_Jv_HaveMutexDestroy)