diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_transpose.c b/libavfilter/vf_transpose.c
index f9f0d70cd5..b964daeee3 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_transpose.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_transpose.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ static int filter_slice(AVFilterContext *ctx, void *arg, int jobnr,
 
 static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
 {
+    int err = 0;
     AVFilterContext *ctx = inlink->dst;
     TransContext *s = ctx->priv;
     AVFilterLink *outlink = ctx->outputs[0];
@@ -339,10 +340,13 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
 
     out = ff_get_video_buffer(outlink, outlink->w, outlink->h);
     if (!out) {
-        av_frame_free(&in);
-        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+        err = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+        goto fail;
     }
-    av_frame_copy_props(out, in);
+
+    err = av_frame_copy_props(out, in);
+    if (err < 0)
+        goto fail;
 
     if (in->sample_aspect_ratio.num == 0) {
         out->sample_aspect_ratio = in->sample_aspect_ratio;
@@ -356,6 +360,11 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
                       FFMIN(outlink->h, ff_filter_get_nb_threads(ctx)));
     av_frame_free(&in);
     return ff_filter_frame(outlink, out);
+
+fail:
+    av_frame_free(&in);
+    av_frame_free(&out);
+    return err;
 }
 
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(TransContext, x)