diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index 5af3651..390f9e3 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -796,14 +796,16 @@
 {
 	PyCodeObject *co = NULL;
 	mod_ty mod;
-        PyArena *arena = PyArena_New();
+	PyArena *arena = PyArena_New();
+	if (arena == NULL)
+		return NULL;
 
 	mod = PyParser_ASTFromFile(fp, pathname, Py_file_input, 0, 0, 0, 
 				   NULL, arena);
 	if (mod) {
 		co = PyAST_Compile(mod, pathname, NULL, arena);
 	}
-        PyArena_Free(arena);
+	PyArena_Free(arena);
 	return co;
 }