diff --git a/frontend/menu/history.c b/frontend/menu/history.c
index 123ff2e693..4a5059f765 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/history.c
+++ b/frontend/menu/history.c
@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ rom_history_t *rom_history_init(const char *path, size_t size)
 {
    rom_history_t *hist = (rom_history_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(*hist));
    if (!hist)
+   {
+      RARCH_ERR("Cannot initialize content history.\n")
       return NULL;
+   }
 
    hist->entries = (struct rom_history_entry*)calloc(size, sizeof(*hist->entries));
    if (!hist->entries)