diff --git a/dom/workers/loader/WorkerModuleLoader.cpp b/dom/workers/loader/WorkerModuleLoader.cpp
index da1fca5dfc97..5db74d97316a 100644
--- a/dom/workers/loader/WorkerModuleLoader.cpp
+++ b/dom/workers/loader/WorkerModuleLoader.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ nsresult WorkerModuleLoader::CreateTextModule(
                                           aRequest->mLoadContext.get());
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
-  auto compile = [&](auto& source) {
+  auto compile = [&](auto& source) -> JSObject* {
     using T = decltype(source);
     static_assert(std::is_same_v<T, JS::SourceText<char16_t>&> ||
                   std::is_same_v<T, JS::SourceText<Utf8Unit>&>);
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ nsresult WorkerModuleLoader::CreateTextModule(
     } else {
       str = JS_NewUCStringCopyN(aCx, source.get(), source.length());
     }
+    if (!str) {
+      return nullptr;
+    }
 
     JS::Rooted<JS::Value> defaultExport(aCx, JS::StringValue(str));
     return JS::CreateDefaultExportSyntheticModule(aCx, defaultExport);