diff --git a/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLevel2CommandsLib/Ls.c b/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLevel2CommandsLib/Ls.c
index 0b8019516f..9b4c452ca3 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLevel2CommandsLib/Ls.c
+++ b/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLevel2CommandsLib/Ls.c
@@ -709,6 +709,11 @@ ShellCommandRunLs (
               // must split off the search part that applies to files from the end of the directory part
               //
               StrnCatGrow(&SearchString, NULL, FullPath, 0);
+              if (SearchString == NULL) {
+                FreePool (FullPath);
+                ShellCommandLineFreeVarList (Package);
+                return SHELL_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+              }
               PathRemoveLastItem (FullPath);
               CopyMem (SearchString, SearchString + StrLen (FullPath), StrSize (SearchString + StrLen (FullPath)));
             }