diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 0851c3db..a5770f42 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -12577,6 +12577,7 @@ xmlCreatePushParserCtxt(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, void *user_data,
 	inputStream->filename = (char *)
 	    xmlCanonicPath((const xmlChar *) filename);
 	if (inputStream->filename == NULL) {
+            xmlFreeInputStream(inputStream);
 	    xmlFreeParserCtxt(ctxt);
 	    xmlFreeParserInputBuffer(buf);
 	    return(NULL);