diff --git a/src/cairo-font-face.c b/src/cairo-font-face.c
index c7f0a44bf..49c8cdf73 100644
--- a/src/cairo-font-face.c
+++ b/src/cairo-font-face.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ _cairo_toy_font_face_create (const char          *family,
     return &font_face->base;
 
  UNWIND_FONT_FACE_INIT:
+    _cairo_toy_font_face_fini (font_face);
  UNWIND_FONT_FACE_MALLOC:
     free (font_face);
  UNWIND_HASH_TABLE_LOCK: