diff --git a/tasks/task_patch.c b/tasks/task_patch.c
index f074b2f03b..04c6a0998b 100644
--- a/tasks/task_patch.c
+++ b/tasks/task_patch.c
@@ -710,6 +710,10 @@ static enum patch_error xdelta_apply_patch(
    {
       case 0: /* Success */
          break;
+      case ENOSPC:
+         error_patch = PATCH_TARGET_ALLOC_FAILED;
+         free(*targetdata);
+         goto cleanup_stream;
       default:
          error_patch = PATCH_UNKNOWN;
          free(*targetdata);