diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index ea0ccd8e6a..cc736cb871 100644
--- a/ffserver.c
+++ b/ffserver.c
@@ -3468,6 +3468,7 @@ static int rtp_new_av_stream(HTTPContext *c,
     fail:
         if (h)
             ffurl_close(h);
+        av_free(st);
         av_free(ctx);
         return -1;
     }