Index: ext/fts1/fts1.c
==================================================================
--- ext/fts1/fts1.c
+++ ext/fts1/fts1.c
@@ -2571,11 +2571,14 @@
   DocList *pLeft, *pRight, *pNew;
   int i, rc;
 
   pLeft = docListNew(DL_POSITIONS);
   rc = term_select_all(v, iColumn, pQTerm->pTerm, pQTerm->nTerm, pLeft);
-  if( rc ) return rc;
+  if( rc ){
+    docListDelete(pLeft);
+    return rc;
+  }
   for(i=1; i<=pQTerm->nPhrase; i++){
     pRight = docListNew(DL_POSITIONS);
     rc = term_select_all(v, iColumn, pQTerm[i].pTerm, pQTerm[i].nTerm, pRight);
     if( rc ){
       docListDelete(pLeft);