diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/fuse/FUSEVolume.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/fuse/FUSEVolume.cpp
index a358c74a04..87538a9fd7 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/fuse/FUSEVolume.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/fuse/FUSEVolume.cpp
@@ -2211,8 +2211,10 @@ FUSEVolume::OpenAttr(void* _node, const char* name, int openMode,
 
 	int bytesRead = fuse_fs_getxattr(fFS, path, name, cookie->Buffer(),
 		attrSize);
-	if (bytesRead < 0)
+	if (bytesRead < 0) {
+		delete cookie;
 		return bytesRead;
+	}
 
 	*_cookie = cookie;