diff --git a/lib/c-hyper.c b/lib/c-hyper.c
index 18d9206ca7..ebb885669b 100644
--- a/lib/c-hyper.c
+++ b/lib/c-hyper.c
@@ -1208,6 +1208,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct Curl_easy *data, bool *done)
     result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
     goto error;
   }
+  req = NULL;
 
   if(HYPERE_OK != hyper_executor_push(h->exec, sendtask)) {
     failf(data, "Couldn't hyper_executor_push the send");
@@ -1244,6 +1245,9 @@ error:
   if(handshake)
     hyper_task_free(handshake);
 
+  if(req)
+    hyper_request_free(req);
+
   return result;
 }