diff --git a/libavformat/vplayerdec.c b/libavformat/vplayerdec.c
index e3e7b4efb8..ca23ec76ac 100644
--- a/libavformat/vplayerdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/vplayerdec.c
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ static int vplayer_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
             AVPacket *sub;
 
             sub = ff_subtitles_queue_insert(&vplayer->q, p, strlen(p), 0);
-            if (!sub)
+            if (!sub) {
+                ff_subtitles_queue_clean(&vplayer->q);
                 return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+            }
             sub->pos = pos;
             sub->pts = pts_start;
             sub->duration = -1;