diff --git a/wasm2c/wasm-rt-impl-tableops.inc b/wasm2c/wasm-rt-impl-tableops.inc
index 323a32f8d..82ff7907b 100644
--- a/wasm2c/wasm-rt-impl-tableops.inc
+++ b/wasm2c/wasm-rt-impl-tableops.inc
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ void WASM_RT_TABLE_APINAME(wasm_rt_allocate)(WASM_RT_TABLE_TYPE* table,
   table->size = elements;
   table->max_size = max_elements;
   table->data = calloc(table->size, sizeof(WASM_RT_TABLE_ELEMENT_TYPE));
+  if (table->size != 0 && !table->data) {
+    abort();
+  }
 }
 
 void WASM_RT_TABLE_APINAME(wasm_rt_free)(WASM_RT_TABLE_TYPE* table) {