diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index db853b83..72914c53 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -1782,6 +1782,12 @@ void initServer(void) {
     createSharedObjects();
     adjustOpenFilesLimit();
     server.el = aeCreateEventLoop(server.maxclients+CONFIG_FDSET_INCR);
+    if (server.el == NULL) {
+        serverLog(LL_WARNING,
+            "Failed creating the event loop. Error message: '%s'",
+            strerror(errno));
+        exit(1);
+    }
     server.db = zmalloc(sizeof(redisDb)*server.dbnum);
 
     /* Open the TCP listening socket for the user commands. */