diff --git a/src/detect-engine-address.c b/src/detect-engine-address.c
index 25ea2dc0d3..682d864721 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-address.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-address.c
@@ -885,8 +885,11 @@ static int DetectAddressParse2(const DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
                     DetectAddressHead tmp_gh = { NULL, NULL };
                     DetectAddressHead tmp_ghn = { NULL, NULL };
 
-                    if (DetectAddressParse2(de_ctx, &tmp_gh, &tmp_ghn, address, 0, var_list) < 0)
+                    if (DetectAddressParse2(de_ctx, &tmp_gh, &tmp_ghn, address, 0, var_list) < 0) {
+                        DetectAddressHeadCleanup(&tmp_gh);
+                        DetectAddressHeadCleanup(&tmp_ghn);
                         goto error;
+                    }
 
                     DetectAddress *tmp_ad;
                     DetectAddress *tmp_ad2;