diff --git a/src/ezstream.c b/src/ezstream.c
index d444da0..e56331f 100644
--- a/src/ezstream.c
+++ b/src/ezstream.c
@@ -285,8 +285,10 @@ openResource(stream_t stream, const char *filename, int *popenFlag,
 
 		pCommandString = _build_reencode_cmd(extension, filename,
 		    cfg_stream, md);
-		if (NULL == pCommandString)
+		if (NULL == pCommandString) {
+			mdata_destroy(&md);
 			return (NULL);
+		}
 		if (md_p != NULL)
 			*md_p = md;
 		else