diff --git a/poincare/src/layout_cursor.cpp b/poincare/src/layout_cursor.cpp
index 4b628e21f..c875c0464 100644
--- a/poincare/src/layout_cursor.cpp
+++ b/poincare/src/layout_cursor.cpp
@@ -213,9 +213,10 @@ void LayoutCursor::insertText(const char * text) {
 }
 
 void LayoutCursor::addLayoutAndMoveCursor(LayoutRef l) {
+  LayoutRef rootRef = m_layoutRef.root();
   bool layoutWillBeMerged = l.isHorizontal();
   m_layoutRef.addSibling(this, l, true);
-  if (!layoutWillBeMerged) {
+  if (!rootRef.isAllocationFailure() && !layoutWillBeMerged) {
     l.collapseSiblings(this);
   }
 }