diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c
index e98a369874..268e941eea 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c
@@ -1795,6 +1795,7 @@ new_req:
 
 				if ((len = kws_raw_read(jsock->ws, buffer + bytes, len, WS_BLOCK)) < 0) {
 					switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Read error %" SWITCH_SSIZE_T_FMT"\n", len);
+					free(buffer);
 					goto done;
 				}