diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7b9e1124a..04306b30a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
 		        '-Wno-missing-field-initializers',
 		        '-Wno-unused-parameter',
 			'-Wno-pedantic',
+			'-Wunused-result',
 			'-DFASTPATH',
 #			'-DSPA_DEBUG_MEMCPY',
 			language : 'c')
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
 		        '-Wno-missing-field-initializers',
 		        '-Wno-unused-parameter',
 			'-Wno-pedantic',
+			'-Wunused-result',
 			language : 'cpp')
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/pipewire/impl-link.c b/src/pipewire/impl-link.c
index 1a1375424..59f0d3460 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/impl-link.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/impl-link.c
@@ -1078,9 +1078,10 @@ struct pw_impl_link *pw_context_create_link(struct pw_context *context,
 		     output_node, output->port_id, this->rt.out_mix.port.port_id,
 		     input_node, input->port_id, this->rt.in_mix.port.port_id);
 
-	asprintf(&this->name, "%d.%d -> %d.%d",
+	if (asprintf(&this->name, "%d.%d -> %d.%d",
 			output_node->info.id, output->port_id,
-			input_node->info.id, input->port_id);
+			input_node->info.id, input->port_id) < 0)
+		this->name = NULL;
 	pw_log_info("(%s) (%s) -> (%s)", this->name, output_node->name, input_node->name);
 
 	pw_impl_port_emit_link_added(output, this);