diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 93d10d5915..c37c0a68fd 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int do_sign(struct strbuf *buffer, struct object_id **compat_oid,
 	int ret = -1;
 
 	if (sign_buffer(buffer, &sig, keyid))
-		return -1;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (compat) {
 		const struct git_hash_algo *algo = the_repository->hash_algo;
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index b1316e62f4..42b3327e69 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Tests for operations with tags.'
 GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
 export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-gpg.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-terminal.sh