diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 107cd757b..f34de0a20 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,10 @@ void initServer() {
     server.unixtime = time(NULL);
     server.lastbgsave_status = REDIS_OK;
     server.stop_writes_on_bgsave_err = 1;
-    aeCreateTimeEvent(server.el, 1, serverCron, NULL, NULL);
+    if(aeCreateTimeEvent(server.el, 1, serverCron, NULL, NULL) == AE_ERR) {
+        redisPanic("create time event failed");
+        exit(1);
+    }
     if (server.ipfd > 0 && aeCreateFileEvent(server.el,server.ipfd,AE_READABLE,
         acceptTcpHandler,NULL) == AE_ERR) redisPanic("Unrecoverable error creating server.ipfd file event.");
     if (server.sofd > 0 && aeCreateFileEvent(server.el,server.sofd,AE_READABLE,