diff --git a/Kernel/Syscalls/read.cpp b/Kernel/Syscalls/read.cpp
index e29a9e90ae..61fb800997 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscalls/read.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscalls/read.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ KResultOr<ssize_t> Process::sys$readv(int fd, Userspace<const struct iovec*> iov
 
     u64 total_length = 0;
     Vector<iovec, 32> vecs;
-    vecs.resize(iov_count);
+    if (!vecs.try_resize(iov_count))
+        return ENOMEM;
     if (!copy_n_from_user(vecs.data(), iov, iov_count))
         return EFAULT;
     for (auto& vec : vecs) {
diff --git a/Kernel/Syscalls/write.cpp b/Kernel/Syscalls/write.cpp
index e07ed97a5c..c0185f9b11 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscalls/write.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscalls/write.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ KResultOr<ssize_t> Process::sys$writev(int fd, Userspace<const struct iovec*> io
 
     u64 total_length = 0;
     Vector<iovec, 32> vecs;
-    vecs.resize(iov_count);
+    if (!vecs.try_resize(iov_count))
+        return ENOMEM;
     if (!copy_n_from_user(vecs.data(), iov, iov_count))
         return EFAULT;
     for (auto& vec : vecs) {