diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6cdaa84..d249a68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 3. bios_table: pldm_bios_table_string_entry_encode_check(): Handle overflow
 4. bios_table: pldm_bios_table_iter_create(): Return NULL on failed alloc
 5. bios_table: pldm_bios_table_iter_next(): Invalid entry halts iteration
+6. pdr: pldm_pdr_init(): Return NULL on allocation failure
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/src/pdr.c b/src/pdr.c
index 657612d..763fa72 100644
--- a/src/pdr.c
+++ b/src/pdr.c
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@
 pldm_pdr *pldm_pdr_init(void)
 {
 	pldm_pdr *repo = malloc(sizeof(pldm_pdr));
-	assert(repo != NULL);
+	if (!repo) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	repo->record_count = 0;
 	repo->size = 0;
 	repo->first = NULL;