diff --git a/projects/libarchive/libarchive_fuzzer.cc b/projects/libarchive/libarchive_fuzzer.cc
index 40eac29f409c..c7f3ec70dfe0 100644
--- a/projects/libarchive/libarchive_fuzzer.cc
+++ b/projects/libarchive/libarchive_fuzzer.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len) {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  archive_read_open_memory(a, buf, len);
+  if (ARCHIVE_OK != archive_read_open_memory(a, buf, len)) {
+    archive_read_free(a);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   archive_read_add_passphrase(a, "secret");
 
   while(1) {