diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libctf/common/ctf_lib.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libctf/common/ctf_lib.c
index b9f512d37739..f0842c10e48e 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libctf/common/ctf_lib.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libctf/common/ctf_lib.c
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ ctf_fdopen(int fd, int *errp)
 			if ((sp32 = malloc(nbytes)) == NULL || pread64(fd,
 			    sp32, nbytes, hdr.e64.e_shoff) != nbytes) {
 				free(sp);
+				free(sp32);
 				return (ctf_set_open_errno(errp, errno));
 			}