diff --git a/libavcodec/vorbis_dec.c b/libavcodec/vorbis_dec.c
index 9fc619b803..6c15cb8b69 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vorbis_dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vorbis_dec.c
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ static av_cold int vorbis_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avccontext) {
     hdr_type=get_bits(gb, 8);
     if (hdr_type!=5) {
         av_log(avccontext, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Third header is not the setup header.\n");
+        vorbis_free(vc);
         return -1;
     }
     if (vorbis_parse_setup_hdr(vc)) {