diff --git a/libavformat/samidec.c b/libavformat/samidec.c
index fd98393086..3070ef9bac 100644
--- a/libavformat/samidec.c
+++ b/libavformat/samidec.c
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ static int sami_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     ff_subtitles_queue_finalize(s, &sami->q);
 
 end:
+    if (res < 0)
+        ff_subtitles_queue_clean(&sami->q);
     av_bprint_finalize(&buf, NULL);
     return res;
 }