Free value if invalid

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/jq.pyx b/jq.pyx
index 8736bbe..7ea6960 100644
--- a/jq.pyx
+++ b/jq.pyx
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ cdef object _jv_to_python(jv value):
     cdef double number_value
 
     if kind == JV_KIND_INVALID:
+        jv_free(value)
         raise ValueError("Invalid value")
     elif kind == JV_KIND_NULL:
         python_value = None