diff --git a/lib/zip_open.c b/lib/zip_open.c
index 6b3c291f..f5bf3b0c 100644
--- a/lib/zip_open.c
+++ b/lib/zip_open.c
@@ -324,10 +324,12 @@ static bool _zip_read_cdir(zip_t *za, zip_buffer_t *buffer, zip_uint64_t buf_off
         /* If the central directory doesn't start on this disk, we can't check that offset is valid. Check as much as we can instead. */
         if (cd->this_disk < cd->eocd_disk) {
             /* Disks before the start of the central directory don't contain an EOCD. */
+            _zip_cdir_free(cd);
             return false;
         }
         if (cd->size <= cd->eocd_offset) {
             /* The complete central directory would fit on this disk. */
+            _zip_cdir_free(cd);
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ static bool _zip_read_cdir(zip_t *za, zip_buffer_t *buffer, zip_uint64_t buf_off
             /* An empty archive doesn't contain central directory entries. */
         }
         else if (!check_magic(cd->offset, buffer, buf_offset, za->src, CENTRAL_MAGIC)) {
+            _zip_cdir_free(cd);
             return false;
         }
     }