diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/png.c b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/png.c
index 9e600f363c5..3ce575f5267 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/png.c
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/png.c
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ int imb_savepng(struct ImBuf *ibuf, const char *name, int flags)
       if (pixels16) {
         MEM_freeN(pixels16);
       }
+      MEM_freeN(row_pointers);
       printf("imb_savepng: Cannot open file for writing: '%s'\n", name);
       return 0;
     }