diff --git a/libavformat/lrcdec.c b/libavformat/lrcdec.c
index f4e9a4efa9..45f0bf24a7 100644
--- a/libavformat/lrcdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/lrcdec.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static int lrc_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                 sub = ff_subtitles_queue_insert(&lrc->q, line.str + ts_strlength,
                                                 line.len - ts_strlength, 0);
                 if(!sub) {
+                    ff_subtitles_queue_clean(&lrc->q);
                     return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
                 }
                 sub->pos = pos;