diff --git a/sys/dev/musycc/musycc.c b/sys/dev/musycc/musycc.c
index e1817fa1ce4..a992bcb5401 100644
--- a/sys/dev/musycc/musycc.c
+++ b/sys/dev/musycc/musycc.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,17 @@ musycc_connect(hook_p hook)
 		sc->mdt[ch][i].data = 0;
 
 		MGETHDR(m, M_TRYWAIT, MT_DATA);
+		if (m == NULL)
+			goto errfree;
 		MCLGET(m, M_TRYWAIT);
+		if ((m->m_flags M_EXT) == 0) {
+			/* We've waited mbuf_wait and still got nothing.
+			   We're calling with M_TRYWAIT anyway - a little
+			   defensive programming costs us very little - if
+			   anything at all in the case of error. */
+			m_free(m);
+			goto errfree;
+		}
 		sc->mdr[ch][i].m = m;
 		sc->mdr[ch][i].data = vtophys(m->m_data);
 		sc->mdr[ch][i].status = 1600; /* MTU */
@@ -1224,6 +1234,16 @@ musycc_connect(hook_p hook)
 	hook->peer->flags |= HK_QUEUE;
 
 	return (0);
+
+errfree:
+	while (i > 0) {
+		/* Don't leak all the previously allocated mbufs in this loop */
+		i--;
+		m_free(sc->mdr[ch][i].m);
+	}
+	FREE(sc->mdt[ch], M_MUSYCC);
+	FREE(sc->mdr[ch], M_MUSYCC);
+	return (ENOBUFS); 
 }
 
 static int