diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/vaapi-utils.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/vaapi-utils.c
index d636558b709d48..46ac79c185d9fe 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/vaapi-utils.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/vaapi-utils.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ VADisplay vaapi_open_device(int *fd, const char *device_path,
 	if (va_status != VA_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		blog(LOG_ERROR, "VAAPI: Failed to initialize display in %s",
 		     func_name);
+		vaapi_close_device(fd, va_dpy);
 		return NULL;
 	}