diff --git a/libavformat/webvttdec.c b/libavformat/webvttdec.c
index 6c4d5f6736..bd3d45b382 100644
--- a/libavformat/webvttdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/webvttdec.c
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ static int webvtt_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     ff_subtitles_queue_finalize(s, &webvtt->q);
 
 end:
+    if (res < 0)
+        ff_subtitles_queue_clean(&webvtt->q);
     av_bprint_finalize(&cue,    NULL);
     return res;
 }