diff --git a/xmlreader.c b/xmlreader.c
index 864abf0..ef41927 100644
--- a/xmlreader.c
+++ b/xmlreader.c
@@ -5401,8 +5401,11 @@
 
     input = xmlParserInputBufferCreateIO(ioread, ioclose, ioctx,
                                          XML_CHAR_ENCODING_NONE);
-    if (input == NULL)
+    if (input == NULL) {
+        if (ioclose != NULL)
+            ioclose(ioctx);
         return (NULL);
+    }
     reader = xmlNewTextReader(input, URL);
     if (reader == NULL) {
         xmlFreeParserInputBuffer(input);
@@ -5619,10 +5622,14 @@
 
     input = xmlParserInputBufferCreateIO(ioread, ioclose, ioctx,
                                          XML_CHAR_ENCODING_NONE);
-    if (input == NULL)
-        return (-1);
+    if (input == NULL) {
+        if (ioclose != NULL)
+            ioclose(ioctx);
+        return (NULL);
+    }
     return (xmlTextReaderSetup(reader, input, URL, encoding, options));
 }
+
 /************************************************************************
  *									*
  *			Utilities					*