diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index c210c823157dd1..6c5ef5329ffc3a 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ _PyCompile_CodeGen(PyObject *ast, PyObject *filename, PyCompilerFlags *pflags,
 
     metadata = PyDict_New();
     if (metadata == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
+        goto finally;
     }
 
     if (compiler_codegen(c, mod) < 0) {