diff --git a/reactos/lib/inflib/infhostgen.c b/reactos/lib/inflib/infhostgen.c
index ff5e15d7d36..e4eedc9f800 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/inflib/infhostgen.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/inflib/infhostgen.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ InfHostOpenFile(PHINF InfHandle,
   if (FileLength != fread(FileBuffer, (size_t)1, (size_t)FileLength, File))
     {
       DPRINT1("fread() failed (errno %d)\n", errno);
+      FREE(FileBuffer);
       fclose(File);
       return -1;
     }