1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/image.c b/src/image.c
index 5c8748eefba..58ea767dc9a 100644
--- a/src/image.c
+++ b/src/image.c
@@ -9024,7 +9024,9 @@ svg_load_image (f, img, contents, size)
   /* We can now get a valid pixel buffer from the svg file, if all
      went ok.  */
   pixbuf = fn_rsvg_handle_get_pixbuf (rsvg_handle);
-  eassert (pixbuf);
+  if (!pixbuf)
+    goto rsvg_error;
+  fn_rsvg_handle_free (rsvg_handle);
 
   /* Extract some meta data from the svg handle.  */
   width     = fn_gdk_pixbuf_get_width (pixbuf);