diff --git a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
index e1cb7ca..a5aa531 100644
--- a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
+++ b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
@@ -1157,6 +1157,7 @@
 
     parseAnimationDesc(*animation);
     if (!preloadZip(*animation)) {
+        releaseAnimation(animation);
         return nullptr;
     }