diff --git a/lib/paper.c b/lib/paper.c

index 57db599..8817aea 100644

--- a/lib/paper.c

+++ b/lib/paper.c

@@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ PAPERSIZEVAR, fall-back to the old behaviour.

 		fclose(ps);

 		paperstr = malloc((strlen(papername) + 1) * sizeof(char));

-		if (! paperstr) return 0;

+		if (! paperstr) {

+		    free(papername);

+		    return 0;

+		}

 		strcpy(paperstr, papername);

 		free(papername);