diff --git a/target/s390x/cpu_models.c b/target/s390x/cpu_models.c
index 009afc38b92d..7e92fb2e156d 100644
--- a/target/s390x/cpu_models.c
+++ b/target/s390x/cpu_models.c
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ static void cpu_model_from_info(S390CPUModel *model, const CpuModelInfo *info,
         visitor = qobject_input_visitor_new(info->props);
         visit_start_struct(visitor, NULL, NULL, 0, errp);
         if (*errp) {
+            visit_free(visitor);
             object_unref(obj);
             return;
         }