--- a/contrib/python-zstandard/zstd/common/pool.c	Fri Dec 27 18:54:57 2019 -0500
+++ b/contrib/python-zstandard/zstd/common/pool.c	Sat Dec 28 09:55:45 2019 -0800
@@ -127,9 +127,13 @@
     ctx->queueTail = 0;
     ctx->numThreadsBusy = 0;
     ctx->queueEmpty = 1;
-    (void)ZSTD_pthread_mutex_init(&ctx->queueMutex, NULL);
-    (void)ZSTD_pthread_cond_init(&ctx->queuePushCond, NULL);
-    (void)ZSTD_pthread_cond_init(&ctx->queuePopCond, NULL);
+    {
+        int error = 0;
+        error |= ZSTD_pthread_mutex_init(&ctx->queueMutex, NULL);
+        error |= ZSTD_pthread_cond_init(&ctx->queuePushCond, NULL);
+        error |= ZSTD_pthread_cond_init(&ctx->queuePopCond, NULL);
+        if (error) { POOL_free(ctx); return NULL; }
+    }
     ctx->shutdown = 0;
     /* Allocate space for the thread handles */
     ctx->threads = (ZSTD_pthread_t*)ZSTD_malloc(numThreads * sizeof(ZSTD_pthread_t), customMem);