diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a57b2674b..0063881ae 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2016-04-24  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	[truetype] Really fix deallocation in case of error (#47726).
+
+	* src/truetype/ttgload.c (load_truetype_glyph): Thinko; initialize
+	`outline.points' also.
+
 2016-06-23  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
 
 	[smooth] Consolidate memory management.
diff --git a/src/truetype/ttgload.c b/src/truetype/ttgload.c
index 5a488823b..8be9b6ae6 100644
--- a/src/truetype/ttgload.c
+++ b/src/truetype/ttgload.c
@@ -1746,6 +1746,7 @@
         outline.n_points   = (short)( gloader->current.num_subglyphs + 4 );
         outline.n_contours = outline.n_points;
 
+        outline.points   = NULL;
         outline.tags     = NULL;
         outline.contours = NULL;