diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b69bd18f1..ab0aa2109 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.15.10 (2010/??/??)
+* input:
+  - mms: fix memory leak in error handler
 * decoders:
   - mad: properly calculate ID3 size without libid3tag
 
diff --git a/src/input/mms_input_plugin.c b/src/input/mms_input_plugin.c
index 2a3c53776..eb3a5cedb 100644
--- a/src/input/mms_input_plugin.c
+++ b/src/input/mms_input_plugin.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ input_mms_open(struct input_stream *is, const char *url)
 	m = g_new(struct input_mms, 1);
 	m->mms = mmsx_connect(NULL, NULL, url, 128 * 1024);
 	if (m->mms == NULL) {
+		g_free(m);
 		g_warning("mmsx_connect() failed");
 		return false;
 	}