diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
index d1a701e6184fc4a3b24cc7f4780f7d5de04971ec..8a9af523309235f23fa3df347ed847db50d8dac8 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
@@ -5276,10 +5276,11 @@ static nsresult vboxCallbackQueryInterface(nsISupports *pThis, const nsID *iid,
 static IVirtualBoxCallback *vboxAllocCallbackObj(void) {
     IVirtualBoxCallback *vboxCallback = NULL;
 
-    /* Allocate, Initialize and return a validi
+    /* Allocate, Initialize and return a valid
      * IVirtualBoxCallback object here
      */
     if ((VIR_ALLOC(vboxCallback) < 0) || (VIR_ALLOC(vboxCallback->vtbl) < 0)) {
+        VIR_FREE(vboxCallback);
         virReportOOMError();
         return NULL;
     }