diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index 97dd1b3fea4b9..37d4aab2715f3 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -17656,6 +17656,7 @@ struct llama_data_read {
                 read_to(&n_seq_id, sizeof(n_seq_id));
 
                 if (n_seq_id != 0) {
+                    llama_batch_free(batch);
                     LLAMA_LOG_ERROR("%s: invalid seq_id-agnostic kv cell\n", __func__);
                     return false;
                 }