@@ -260,8 +260,10 @@ char *pdf_finalize_string(struct pdf_struct *pdf, struct pdf_obj *obj, const cha

     /* TODO: replace the escape sequences directly in the wrkstr   */

     if (strchr(wrkstr, '\\')) {

         output = cli_calloc(wrklen+1, sizeof(char));

-        if (!output)

+        if (!output) {

+            free(wrkstr);

             return NULL;

+        }

         outlen = 0;

         for (i = 0; i < wrklen; ++i) {