diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
index 1bd59e49929..43ea8c1466d 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
@@ -5528,6 +5528,7 @@ static bool innodb_insert_sys_columns(
 	DBUG_EXECUTE_IF("instant_insert_fail",
 			my_error(ER_INTERNAL_ERROR, MYF(0),
 				 "InnoDB: Insert into SYS_COLUMNS failed");
+			pars_info_free(info);
 			return true;);
 
 	if (DB_SUCCESS != que_eval_sql(