diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5d30b1a..ec44391 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #25578: Fix (another) memory leak in SSLSocket.getpeercer().
+
 - Issue #25590: In the Readline completer, only call getattr() once per
   attribute.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index c9c556e..55159d7 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -965,7 +965,10 @@
     AUTHORITY_INFO_ACCESS *info;
 
     info = X509_get_ext_d2i(certificate, NID_info_access, NULL, NULL);
-    if ((info == NULL) || (sk_ACCESS_DESCRIPTION_num(info) == 0)) {
+    if (info == NULL)
+        return Py_None;
+    if (sk_ACCESS_DESCRIPTION_num(info) == 0) {
+        AUTHORITY_INFO_ACCESS_free(info);
         return Py_None;
     }