diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/encoding-target.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/encoding-target.c
index bd9dcdf302..1b6e60d8a5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/encoding-target.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/encoding-target.c
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@ parse_encoding_profile (GKeyFile * in, gchar * parentprofilename,
   proftype = g_key_file_get_value (in, profilename, "type", NULL);
   if (!proftype) {
     GST_WARNING ("Missing 'type' field for streamprofile %s", profilename);
+    g_free (pname);
+    g_free (description);
     return NULL;
   }