diff --git a/tests/kernel/stack/stack/src/main.c b/tests/kernel/stack/stack/src/main.c
index 4d14f24009c..ced49e7f39c 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/stack/stack/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/stack/stack/src/main.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ extern void test_stack_pop_can_wait(void);
 extern void test_stack_cleanup_error(void);
 extern void test_stack_push_full(void);
 extern void test_stack_multithread_competition(void);
+extern void test_stack_alloc_null(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_USERSPACE
 extern void test_stack_user_thread2thread(void);
 extern void test_stack_user_pop_fail(void);
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ void test_main(void)
 			 ztest_user_unit_test(test_stack_user_pop_null),
 			 ztest_user_unit_test(test_stack_user_pop_permission),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_stack_alloc_thread2thread),
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_stack_alloc_null),
 			 ztest_user_unit_test(test_single_stack_play),
 			 ztest_1cpu_user_unit_test(test_dual_stack_play),
 			 ztest_1cpu_unit_test(test_isr_stack_play),
diff --git a/tests/kernel/stack/stack/src/test_stack_contexts.c b/tests/kernel/stack/stack/src/test_stack_contexts.c
index 88bd15e27bd..283ec7432b0 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/stack/stack/src/test_stack_contexts.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/stack/stack/src/test_stack_contexts.c
@@ -279,6 +279,24 @@ void test_stack_multithread_competition(void)
 	k_thread_priority_set(k_current_get(), old_prio);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Test case of requesting a buffer larger than resource pool.
+ *
+ * @details Try to request a buffer larger than resource pool for stack,
+ * then see if returns an expected value.
+ *
+ * @ingroup kernel_stack_tests
+ */
+void test_stack_alloc_null(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Requested buffer allocation from the test pool. */
+	ret = k_stack_alloc_init(&kstack_test_alloc, (STACK_SIZE/2)+1);
+	zassert_true(ret == -ENOMEM,
+			"requested buffer is smaller than resource pool");
+}
+
 /**
  * @}
  */