1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/sd-journal.c b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
index 725c979c87..0f7c02ce69 100644
--- a/src/journal/sd-journal.c
+++ b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
@@ -1445,6 +1445,7 @@ static sd_journal *journal_new(int flags, const char *path) {
                 hashmap_free(j->directories_by_path);
                 free(j->path);
                 free(j);
+                return NULL;
         }
 
         return j;