diff --git a/src/parser_yin.c b/src/parser_yin.c
index 05a15be..dc48f6d 100644
--- a/src/parser_yin.c
+++ b/src/parser_yin.c
@@ -1758,7 +1758,10 @@
 
     when = calloc(1, sizeof *when);
     LY_CHECK_ERR_RET(!when, LOGMEM(ctx->xmlctx->ctx), LY_EMEM);
-    LY_CHECK_RET(lyxml_ctx_next(ctx->xmlctx));
+
+    ret = lyxml_ctx_next(ctx->xmlctx);
+    LY_CHECK_ERR_RET(ret, free(when), ret);
+
     ret = yin_parse_attribute(ctx, YIN_ARG_CONDITION, &when->cond, Y_STR_ARG, LY_STMT_WHEN);
     LY_CHECK_ERR_RET(ret, free(when), ret);