diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-mtp.c b/hw/usb/dev-mtp.c
index 775dc8d0b268ee9732f0d029251f89e935a6be84..45f9562c6099efae6de489413481c6417f2411dd 100644
--- a/hw/usb/dev-mtp.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-mtp.c
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ static MTPData *usb_mtp_get_object(MTPState *s, MTPControl *c,
 
     d->fd = open(o->path, O_RDONLY);
     if (d->fd == -1) {
+        usb_mtp_data_free(d);
         return NULL;
     }
     d->length = o->stat.st_size;
@@ -688,6 +689,7 @@ static MTPData *usb_mtp_get_partial_object(MTPState *s, MTPControl *c,
 
     d->fd = open(o->path, O_RDONLY);
     if (d->fd == -1) {
+        usb_mtp_data_free(d);
         return NULL;
     }