1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/toxcore/util.c b/toxcore/util.c
index 93e63ac2..5a72c4a4 100644
--- a/toxcore/util.c
+++ b/toxcore/util.c
@@ -170,12 +170,16 @@ int create_recursive_mutex(pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
     if (pthread_mutexattr_init(&attr) != 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE) != 0)
+    if (pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE) != 0) {
+        pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&attr);
         return -1;
+    }
 
     /* Create queue mutex */
-    if (pthread_mutex_init(mutex, &attr) != 0)
+    if (pthread_mutex_init(mutex, &attr) != 0) {
+        pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&attr);
         return -1;
+    }
 
     pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&attr);