diff --git a/playback/player/gst-play/gst-play.c b/playback/player/gst-play/gst-play.c
index 84176690ed..e00a7fc4e8 100644
--- a/playback/player/gst-play/gst-play.c
+++ b/playback/player/gst-play/gst-play.c
@@ -674,6 +674,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   g_option_context_add_group (ctx, gst_init_get_option_group ());
   if (!g_option_context_parse (ctx, &argc, &argv, &err)) {
     g_print ("Error initializing: %s\n", GST_STR_NULL (err->message));
+    g_clear_error (&err);
+    g_option_context_free (ctx);
     return 1;
   }
   g_option_context_free (ctx);