diff --git a/src/display/font.cpp b/src/display/font.cpp
index 78e2ae3..a1f2b1d 100644
--- a/src/display/font.cpp
+++ b/src/display/font.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,12 @@ _TTF_Font *SharedFontState::getFont(std::string family,
 		                 ? req.regular.c_str() : req.other.c_str();
 
 		ops = SDL_AllocRW();
-		shState->fileSystem().openReadRaw(*ops, path, true);
+		try{
+			shState->fileSystem().openReadRaw(*ops, path, true);
+		} catch (const Exception &e) {
+			SDL_FreeRW(ops);
+			throw e;
+		}
 	}
 
 	// FIXME 0.9 is guesswork at this point