diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/ungif.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/ungif.c
index 0f55242b720..c2887ed3dbd 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/ungif.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/ungif.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ MakeMapObject(int ColorCount,
 
     Object->Colors = ungif_calloc(ColorCount, sizeof(GifColorType));
     if (Object->Colors == NULL) {
+        ungif_free(Object);
         return NULL;
     }