diff --git a/jdk/src/share/native/sun/awt/giflib/gifalloc.c b/jdk/src/share/native/sun/awt/giflib/gifalloc.c
index 18462471ce7..aae33e2c652 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/native/sun/awt/giflib/gifalloc.c
+++ b/jdk/src/share/native/sun/awt/giflib/gifalloc.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ MakeMapObject(int ColorCount,
 
     Object->Colors = (GifColorType *)calloc(ColorCount, sizeof(GifColorType));
     if (Object->Colors == (GifColorType *) NULL) {
+        free(Object);
         return ((ColorMapObject *) NULL);
     }