1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/midend.c b/midend.c
index 7ef05cb..691c643 100644
--- a/midend.c
+++ b/midend.c
@@ -1350,6 +1350,7 @@ char *midend_deserialise(midend_data *me,
         if (key[8] != ':') {
             if (started)
                 ret = "Data was incorrectly formatted for a saved game file";
+	    goto cleanup;
         }
         len = strcspn(key, ": ");
         assert(len <= 8);