diff --git a/ssl/d1_srvr.c b/ssl/d1_srvr.c
index aef38bb75429817e8c2b2c018795f2c45330d882..0cdc51be23e63047fea2ebc5815ccef0e31c0c38 100644
--- a/ssl/d1_srvr.c
+++ b/ssl/d1_srvr.c
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ int dtls1_accept(SSL *s)
 					}
 				if (!BUF_MEM_grow(buf,SSL3_RT_MAX_PLAIN_LENGTH))
 					{
+					BUF_MEM_free(buf);
 					ret= -1;
 					goto end;
 					}
diff --git a/ssl/s23_srvr.c b/ssl/s23_srvr.c
index 08aa5b6cf0882366c014b47290177dcbf3393458..6e44e0cd64ef4ff2fbb26558830e730fef2cbd6d 100644
--- a/ssl/s23_srvr.c
+++ b/ssl/s23_srvr.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ int ssl23_accept(SSL *s)
 					}
 				if (!BUF_MEM_grow(buf,SSL3_RT_MAX_PLAIN_LENGTH))
 					{
+					BUF_MEM_free(buf);
 					ret= -1;
 					goto end;
 					}