diff --git a/components/fpexif/fpemetadata.pas b/components/fpexif/fpemetadata.pas
index c4b3314bf..f0937fdb3 100644
--- a/components/fpexif/fpemetadata.pas
+++ b/components/fpexif/fpemetadata.pas
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ begin
               FreeAndNil(FIptcData);
               raise;
             end;
-          except
+          finally
             reader.Free;
           end;
         end;