From dcf8ad365e51bd44ccb38fac72c4764dc9996f20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ward Fisher <ward.fisher@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:32:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Coverity: 711838

---
 libdispatch/ncaux.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libdispatch/ncaux.c b/libdispatch/ncaux.c
index 046f22cb4..5571c268a 100644
--- a/libdispatch/ncaux.c
+++ b/libdispatch/ncaux.c
@@ -72,8 +72,11 @@ ncaux_begin_compound(int ncid, const char *name, int alignmode, void** tagp)
     cmpd->name = strdup(name);    
     if(cmpd->name == NULL) {status = NC_ENOMEM; goto fail;}
 
-    if(tagp) *tagp = (void*)cmpd;
-
+    if(tagp) {
+      *tagp = (void*)cmpd;
+    } else { /* Error, free cmpd to avoid memory leak. */
+      free(cmpd);
+    }
     return status;
 
 fail: