diff --git a/funcs/fimg-tiff.c b/funcs/fimg-tiff.c
index 5519af8..2360e6d 100644
--- a/funcs/fimg-tiff.c
+++ b/funcs/fimg-tiff.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ if (verbosity) {
 tiff = TIFFOpen(fname, "w");
 if (NULL==tiff) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "erreur TIFFOpen\n");
+	free(linebuff);
 	return -6;
 	}