diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index d59ffbbbe8..d76a58bbbb 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -576,7 +576,11 @@ static int http_accept(URLContext *s, URLContext **c)
         goto fail;
     cc->hd = cl;
     cc->is_multi_client = 1;
+    return 0;
 fail:
+    if (c) {
+        ffurl_closep(c);
+    }
     return ret;
 }