diff --git a/benchmarks/replay/replay.cpp b/benchmarks/replay/replay.cpp
index aa8c077da..edae79acf 100644
--- a/benchmarks/replay/replay.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/replay/replay.cpp
@@ -217,10 +217,11 @@ struct replay_benchmark {
           cv.wait(lock, [&]() { return event_index == event.index; });
         }
 
+        // rmm::detail::action::ALLOCATE_FAILURE is ignored.
         if (rmm::detail::action::ALLOCATE == event.act) {
           auto ptr = mr_->allocate(event.size);
           set_allocation(event.pointer, allocation{ptr, event.size});
-        } else {
+        } else if (rmm::detail::action::FREE == event.act) {
           auto alloc = remove_allocation(event.pointer);
           mr_->deallocate(alloc.ptr, event.size);
         }
diff --git a/benchmarks/utilities/log_parser.hpp b/benchmarks/utilities/log_parser.hpp
index db939e65f..d52672a4b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/utilities/log_parser.hpp
+++ b/benchmarks/utilities/log_parser.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 namespace rmm::detail {
 
-enum class action : bool { ALLOCATE, FREE };
+enum class action { ALLOCATE, FREE, ALLOCATE_FAILURE };
 
 /**
  * @brief Represents an allocation event
@@ -85,8 +85,13 @@ struct event {
 
 inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, event const& evt)
 {
-  const auto* act_string = (evt.act == action::ALLOCATE) ? "allocate" : "free";
-
+  const auto* act_string{[&evt] {
+    switch (evt.act) {
+      case action::ALLOCATE: return "allocate";
+      case action::FREE: return "free";
+      default: return "allocate failure";
+    }
+  }()};
   const auto format_width{9};
 
   os << "Thread: " << evt.thread_id << std::setw(format_width) << act_string
@@ -164,8 +169,14 @@ inline std::vector<event> parse_csv(std::string const& filename)
 
   for (std::size_t i = 0; i < actions.size(); ++i) {
     auto const& action = actions[i];
-    RMM_EXPECTS((action == "allocate") or (action == "free"), "Invalid action string.");
-    auto act  = (action == "allocate") ? action::ALLOCATE : action::FREE;
+    RMM_EXPECTS((action == "allocate") or (action == "allocate failure") or (action == "free"),
+                "Invalid action string.");
+    auto act{action::ALLOCATE_FAILURE};
+    if (action == "allocate") {
+      act = action::ALLOCATE;
+    } else if (action == "free") {
+      act = action::FREE;
+    }
     events[i] = event{tids[i], act, sizes[i], pointers[i], streams[i], i};
   }
   return events;
diff --git a/include/rmm/mr/device/logging_resource_adaptor.hpp b/include/rmm/mr/device/logging_resource_adaptor.hpp
index f583e31b9..60fd0d366 100644
--- a/include/rmm/mr/device/logging_resource_adaptor.hpp
+++ b/include/rmm/mr/device/logging_resource_adaptor.hpp
@@ -205,10 +205,16 @@ class logging_resource_adaptor final : public device_memory_resource {
    * @brief Allocates memory of size at least `bytes` using the upstream
    * resource and logs the allocation.
    *
-   * If the upstream allocation is successful logs the
-   * following CSV formatted line to the file specified at construction:
+   * If the upstream allocation is successful, logs the following CSV formatted
+   * line to the file specified at construction:
    * ```
-   * thread_id,*TIMESTAMP*,"allocate",*bytes*,*stream*
+   * thread_id,*TIMESTAMP*,"allocate",*pointer*,*bytes*,*stream*
+   * ```
+   *
+   * If the upstream allocation failed, logs the following CSV formatted line
+   * to the file specified at construction:
+   * ```
+   * thread_id,*TIMESTAMP*,"allocate failure",0x0,*bytes*,*stream*
    * ```
    *
    * The returned pointer has at least 256B alignment.
@@ -222,9 +228,14 @@ class logging_resource_adaptor final : public device_memory_resource {
    */
   void* do_allocate(std::size_t bytes, cuda_stream_view stream) override
   {
-    auto const ptr = upstream_->allocate(bytes, stream);
-    logger_->info("allocate,{},{},{}", ptr, bytes, fmt::ptr(stream.value()));
-    return ptr;
+    try {
+      auto const ptr = upstream_->allocate(bytes, stream);
+      logger_->info("allocate,{},{},{}", ptr, bytes, fmt::ptr(stream.value()));
+      return ptr;
+    } catch (...) {
+      logger_->info("allocate failure,{},{},{}", nullptr, bytes, fmt::ptr(stream.value()));
+      throw;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/tests/logger_tests.cpp b/tests/logger_tests.cpp
index 1b8356ac7..f221a3a36 100644
--- a/tests/logger_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/logger_tests.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "./byte_literals.hpp"
 #include <benchmarks/utilities/log_parser.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/mr/device/cuda_memory_resource.hpp>
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
 
 #include <thread>
 
+namespace rmm::test {
+namespace {
+
 class raii_restore_env {
  public:
   raii_restore_env(char const* name) : name_(name)
@@ -212,6 +216,34 @@ TEST(Adaptor, EnvironmentPath)
   expect_log_events(filename, expected_events);
 }
 
+TEST(Adaptor, AllocateFailure)
+{
+  std::string filename{"logs/failure.txt"};
+  rmm::mr::cuda_memory_resource upstream;
+
+  auto log_mr = rmm::mr::make_logging_adaptor(&upstream, filename);
+
+  auto const size0{99};
+  auto const size1{1_TiB};
+
+  auto* ptr0 = log_mr.allocate(size0);
+  log_mr.deallocate(ptr0, size0);
+  try {
+    log_mr.allocate(size1);
+  } catch (...) {
+  }
+  log_mr.flush();
+
+  using rmm::detail::action;
+  using rmm::detail::event;
+
+  std::vector<event> expected_events{{action::ALLOCATE, size0, ptr0},
+                                     {action::FREE, size0, ptr0},
+                                     {action::ALLOCATE_FAILURE, size1, nullptr}};
+
+  expect_log_events(filename, expected_events);
+}
+
 TEST(Adaptor, STDOUT)
 {
   testing::internal::CaptureStdout();
@@ -247,3 +279,6 @@ TEST(Adaptor, STDERR)
   std::string header = output.substr(0, output.find('\n'));
   ASSERT_EQ(header, log_mr.header());
 }
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace rmm::test