diff --git a/librz/bin/format/pyc/marshal.c b/librz/bin/format/pyc/marshal.c
index c7e6f03913e..2727ed82012 100644
--- a/librz/bin/format/pyc/marshal.c
+++ b/librz/bin/format/pyc/marshal.c
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ static pyc_object *get_ascii_object_generic(RzBinPycObj *pyc, RzBuffer *buffer,
 	ret->data = get_bytes(buffer, size);
 	if (!ret->data) {
 		RZ_FREE(ret);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (!add_string_to_cache(pyc, addr, ret->data, size, size, RZ_STRING_ENC_8BIT)) {