diff --git a/src/cairo-scaled-font-subsets.c b/src/cairo-scaled-font-subsets.c
index 3489ee6be..1846db85c 100644
--- a/src/cairo-scaled-font-subsets.c
+++ b/src/cairo-scaled-font-subsets.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ _cairo_scaled_font_subsets_create_internal (cairo_subsets_type_t type)
 
     subsets->scaled_sub_fonts = _cairo_hash_table_create (_cairo_sub_fonts_equal);
     if (! subsets->scaled_sub_fonts) {
-        free (subsets->unscaled_sub_fonts);
+	_cairo_hash_table_destroy (subsets->unscaled_sub_fonts);
 	free (subsets);
 	return NULL;
     }