diff --git a/src/detect-filestore.c b/src/detect-filestore.c
index 5e22e4c6cde5..07bbd91ff199 100644
--- a/src/detect-filestore.c
+++ b/src/detect-filestore.c
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ static int DetectFilestoreSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const ch
 
     if (SigMatchAppendSMToList(
                 de_ctx, s, DETECT_FILESTORE, (SigMatchCtx *)fd, g_file_match_list_id) == NULL) {
+        DetectFilestoreFree(de_ctx, fd);
         goto error;
     }
     s->filestore_ctx = fd;