diff --git a/qt5/src/poppler-page.cc b/qt5/src/poppler-page.cc
index bf1f888..c4d00a6 100644
--- a/qt5/src/poppler-page.cc
+++ b/qt5/src/poppler-page.cc
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@
   TextWordList *word_list = output_dev->makeWordList();
   
   if (!word_list || (shouldAbortExtractionCallback && shouldAbortExtractionCallback(closure))) {
+    delete word_list;
     delete output_dev;
     return output_list;
   }