diff --git a/src/intel/decoder/intel_decoder.c b/src/intel/decoder/intel_decoder.c
index 634825977b0..08c70bc89e7 100644
--- a/src/intel/decoder/intel_decoder.c
+++ b/src/intel/decoder/intel_decoder.c
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ static uint32_t zlib_inflate(const void *compressed_data,
       case Z_OK:
          break;
       default:
+         free(out);
          inflateEnd(&zstream);
          return 0;
       }