diff --git a/xmlregexp.c b/xmlregexp.c
index 9e9c3752a10b4866d20b42baf3dfdc627c7b7180..ddde7c0c2487a588018559b57a6dc5c6d053a2ff 100644
--- a/xmlregexp.c
+++ b/xmlregexp.c
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ xmlRegEpxFromParse(xmlRegParserCtxtPtr ctxt) {
 	if (transitions == NULL) {
 	    xmlFree(stateRemap);
 	    xmlFree(stringRemap);
+      for (i = 0;i < nbatoms;i++)
+		    xmlFree(stringMap[i]);   
 	    xmlFree(stringMap);
 	    xmlFree(ret);
 	    return(NULL);