diff --git a/src/jemalloc.c b/src/jemalloc.c
index 68c0e7eb..4e77894c 100644
--- a/src/jemalloc.c
+++ b/src/jemalloc.c
@@ -3493,6 +3493,7 @@ do_rallocx(void *ptr, size_t size, int flags, bool is_realloc) {
 
 	return p;
 label_oom:
+	set_errno(ENOMEM);
 	if (config_xmalloc && unlikely(opt_xmalloc)) {
 		malloc_write("<jemalloc>: Error in rallocx(): out of memory\n");
 		abort();