diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index 065103be3e..7c65c435cd 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -2954,6 +2954,7 @@ int read_loose_object(const char *path,
 	if (unpack_loose_header(&stream, map, mapsize, hdr, sizeof(hdr),
 				NULL) != ULHR_OK) {
 		error(_("unable to unpack header of %s"), path);
+		git_inflate_end(&stream);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
index 8a456b1142..280cbf3e03 100755
--- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ test_description='git fsck random collection of tests
 * (main) A
 '
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success setup '