1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libsparse/backed_block.c b/libsparse/backed_block.c
index dfb217b30..3e72b57c7 100644
--- a/libsparse/backed_block.c
+++ b/libsparse/backed_block.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ int backed_block_split(struct backed_block_list *bbl, struct backed_block *bb,
         }
 
         new_bb = malloc(sizeof(struct backed_block));
-        if (bb == NULL) {
+        if (new_bb == NULL) {
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }