diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/midl.c b/libraries/liblmdb/midl.c
index 75420c4..fb0ae63 100644
--- a/libraries/liblmdb/midl.c
+++ b/libraries/liblmdb/midl.c
@@ -120,9 +120,15 @@ void mdb_midl_free(MDB_IDL ids)
 void mdb_midl_shrink( MDB_IDL *idp )
 {
 	MDB_IDL ids = *idp;
-	if (*(--ids) > MDB_IDL_UM_MAX &&
-		(ids = realloc(ids, (MDB_IDL_UM_MAX+2) * sizeof(MDB_ID))))
+  MDB_IDL res = NULL;
+	if (*(--ids) > MDB_IDL_UM_MAX)
 	{
+    res = realloc(ids, (MDB_IDL_UM_MAX+2) * sizeof(MDB_ID));
+    if (res)
+      ids = res;
+    else
+      return;
+
 		*ids++ = MDB_IDL_UM_MAX;
 		*idp = ids;
 	}
@@ -131,10 +137,13 @@ void mdb_midl_shrink( MDB_IDL *idp )
 static int mdb_midl_grow( MDB_IDL *idp, int num )
 {
 	MDB_IDL idn = *idp-1;
+  MDB_IDL res = NULL;
 	/* grow it */
-	idn = realloc(idn, (*idn + num + 2) * sizeof(MDB_ID));
-	if (!idn)
+	res = realloc(idn, (*idn + num + 2) * sizeof(MDB_ID));
+	if (!res)
 		return ENOMEM;
+  else
+    idn = res;
 	*idn++ += num;
 	*idp = idn;
 	return 0;