diff --git a/crypto/threads_pthread.c b/crypto/threads_pthread.c
index 2b32e142ae091a80980f2fed11a88bee6612c499..edca77c0b972a207bb1b866ae8723225302bb70d 100644
--- a/crypto/threads_pthread.c
+++ b/crypto/threads_pthread.c
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ CRYPTO_RWLOCK *CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_new(void)
     if (lock == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
-    if (pthread_rwlock_init(lock, NULL) != 0)
+    if (pthread_rwlock_init(lock, NULL) != 0) {
+        OPENSSL_free(lock);
         return NULL;
+    }
 
     return lock;
 }
diff --git a/crypto/threads_win.c b/crypto/threads_win.c
index bee628ff8196597bba03d8c2a7d873935529beef..741e8f827e97b946b8c1d87502927083c5895a20 100644
--- a/crypto/threads_win.c
+++ b/crypto/threads_win.c
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ CRYPTO_RWLOCK *CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_new(void)
         return NULL;
 
     /* 0x400 is the spin count value suggested in the documentation */
-    if (!InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount(lock, 0x400))
+    if (!InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount(lock, 0x400)) {
+        OPENSSL_free(lock);
         return NULL;
+    }
 
     return lock;
 }