2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands.c b/sway/commands.c
index 14be656a..d55d9a96 100644
--- a/sway/commands.c
+++ b/sway/commands.c
@@ -608,10 +608,10 @@ struct cmd_results *config_commands_command(char *exec) {
         }
         if (!policy) {
                 policy = alloc_command_policy(cmd);
-                if (!policy) {
-                        sway_abort("Unable to allocate security policy");
+                sway_assert(policy, "Unable to allocate security policy");
+                if (policy) {
+                        list_add(config->command_policies, policy);
                 }
-                list_add(config->command_policies, policy);
         }
         policy->context = context;
 
diff --git a/sway/security.c b/sway/security.c
index 92de06c1..fcd70f9d 100644
--- a/sway/security.c
+++ b/sway/security.c
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ struct feature_policy *get_feature_policy(const char *name) {
         }
         if (!policy) {
                 policy = alloc_feature_policy(name);
-                if (!policy) {
-                        sway_abort("Unable to allocate security policy");
+                sway_assert(policy, "Unable to allocate security policy");
+                if (policy) {
+                        list_add(config->feature_policies, policy);
                 }
-                list_add(config->feature_policies, policy);
         }
         return policy;
 }