diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index a53a53369a..e8ffde0d2d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1236,6 +1236,7 @@ qemuMigrationCookieXMLParse(qemuMigrationCookiePtr mig,
                            _("Unsupported migration cookie feature %s"),
                            str);
             VIR_FREE(str);
+            goto error;
         }
         VIR_FREE(str);
     }