diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fa4378bd36..af12c92b41 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1895.	[bug]		fctx_create() could return success even though it
+			failed. [RT #14993]
+
 1894.	[func]		dig: report the number of extra bytes still left in
 			the packet after processing all the records.
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/resolver.c b/lib/dns/resolver.c
index da24a3f787..8f2a3267d3 100644
--- a/lib/dns/resolver.c
+++ b/lib/dns/resolver.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: resolver.c,v 1.314 2005/06/27 00:15:43 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: resolver.c,v 1.315 2005/07/04 22:52:34 marka Exp $ */
 
 /*! \file */
 
@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ fctx_create(dns_resolver_t *res, dns_name_t *name, dns_rdatatype_t type,
 	    unsigned int options, unsigned int bucketnum, fetchctx_t **fctxp)
 {
 	fetchctx_t *fctx;
-	isc_result_t result = ISC_R_SUCCESS;
+	isc_result_t result;
 	isc_result_t iresult;
 	isc_interval_t interval;
 	dns_fixedname_t fixed;
@@ -2720,8 +2720,10 @@ fctx_create(dns_resolver_t *res, dns_name_t *name, dns_rdatatype_t type,
 	strcat(buf, "/");	/* checked */
 	strcat(buf, typebuf);	/* checked */
 	fctx->info = isc_mem_strdup(res->buckets[bucketnum].mctx, buf);
-	if (fctx->info == NULL)
+	if (fctx->info == NULL) {
+		result = ISC_R_NOMEMORY;
 		goto cleanup_fetch;
+	}
 	FCTXTRACE("create");
 	dns_name_init(&fctx->name, NULL);
 	result = dns_name_dup(name, res->buckets[bucketnum].mctx, &fctx->name);