1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5SL.c b/src/H5SL.c
index c3788b4..c996392 100644
--- a/src/H5SL.c
+++ b/src/H5SL.c
@@ -583,8 +583,10 @@ H5SL_new_node(void *item, const void *key, uint32_t hashval)
     ret_value->item = item;
     ret_value->level = 0;
     ret_value->hashval = hashval;
-    if(NULL == (ret_value->forward = (H5SL_node_t **)H5FL_FAC_MALLOC(H5SL_fac_g[0])))
+    if(NULL == (ret_value->forward = (H5SL_node_t **)H5FL_FAC_MALLOC(H5SL_fac_g[0]))) {
+        ret_value = H5FL_FREE(H5SL_node_t, ret_value);
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_SLIST, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL, "memory allocation failed")
+    } /* end if */
     ret_value->log_nalloc = 0;
 
 done: