diff --git a/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c b/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c
index 1f65368..0265178 100644
--- a/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c
+++ b/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
     qahw_in_buffer_t in_buf;
     char *buffer;
     int rc = 0;
-    int bytes_to_read, bytes_written = 0;
+    int bytes_to_read, bytes_written = 0, bytes_wrote = 0;
     FILE *fp = NULL;
     qahw_stream_handle_t* in_handle = nullptr;
 
@@ -415,7 +415,13 @@
         while (!(params->acp.thread_exit)) {
             rc = qahw_in_read(in_handle, &in_buf);
             if (rc > 0) {
-                bytes_written += fwrite((char *)(in_buf.buffer), sizeof(char), (int)in_buf.bytes, fp);
+                bytes_wrote = fwrite((char *)(in_buf.buffer), sizeof(char), (int)in_buf.bytes, fp);
+                bytes_written += bytes_wrote;
+                if(bytes_wrote < in_buf.bytes) {
+                   stop_playback = true;
+                   fprintf(log_file, "Error in fwrite due to no memory(%d)=%s\n",ferror(fp), strerror(ferror(fp)));
+                   break;
+                }
             }
         }
         params->hdr.data_sz = bytes_written;