--- Compress-LZF/LZF.xs	2006/09/27 15:52:47	1.21
+++ Compress-LZF/LZF.xs	2006/09/27 19:01:48	1.22
@@ -201,7 +201,10 @@
           dst = SvPVX (ret);
 
           if (lzf_decompress (src, csize, dst, usize) != usize)
-            croak ("compressed data corrupted (size mismatch)", csize, skip, usize);
+            {
+              SvREFCNT_dec (ret);
+              croak ("compressed data corrupted (size mismatch)", csize, skip, usize);
+            }
         }
       else
         {