diff --git a/include/asterisk/config.h b/include/asterisk/config.h
index 3079666981..e7f2c4ee8a 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/config.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/config.h
@@ -554,8 +554,11 @@ void ast_category_append(struct ast_config *config, struct ast_category *cat);
  * \details
  * This function is used to insert a new category above another category
  * matching the match parameter.
+ *
+ * \retval 0 if succeeded
+ * \retval -1 if NULL parameters or match category was not found
  */
-void ast_category_insert(struct ast_config *config, struct ast_category *cat, const char *match);
+int ast_category_insert(struct ast_config *config, struct ast_category *cat, const char *match);
 int ast_category_delete(struct ast_config *cfg, const char *category);
 
 /*!
diff --git a/main/config.c b/main/config.c
index ac46f4b0c3..b86f38d8a6 100644
--- a/main/config.c
+++ b/main/config.c
@@ -727,24 +727,28 @@ void ast_category_append(struct ast_config *config, struct ast_category *categor
 	config->current = category;
 }
 
-void ast_category_insert(struct ast_config *config, struct ast_category *cat, const char *match)
+int ast_category_insert(struct ast_config *config, struct ast_category *cat, const char *match)
 {
 	struct ast_category *cur_category;
 
-	if (!cat || !match)
-		return;
+	if (!config || !cat || !match) {
+		return -1;
+	}
 	if (!strcasecmp(config->root->name, match)) {
 		cat->next = config->root;
 		config->root = cat;
-		return;
-	} 
-	for (cur_category = config->root; cur_category; cur_category = cur_category->next) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	for (cur_category = config->root; cur_category && cur_category->next;
+		cur_category = cur_category->next) {
 		if (!strcasecmp(cur_category->next->name, match)) {
 			cat->next = cur_category->next;
 			cur_category->next = cat;
-			break;
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
+
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static void ast_destroy_template_list(struct ast_category *cat)
diff --git a/main/manager.c b/main/manager.c
index f65a159e61..5ed5e8535a 100644
--- a/main/manager.c
+++ b/main/manager.c
@@ -2747,7 +2747,11 @@ static enum error_type handle_updates(struct mansession *s, const struct message
 			if (ast_strlen_zero(match)) {
 				ast_category_append(cfg, category);
 			} else {
-				ast_category_insert(cfg, category, match);
+				if (ast_category_insert(cfg, category, match)) {
+					result = FAILURE_NEWCAT;
+					ast_category_destroy(category);
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(action, "renamecat")) {
 			if (ast_strlen_zero(value)) {