diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc b/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc
index 0bc2ecbcdb..0421127d7b 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
       buf = visionstream_get(&stream, &extra);
       if (buf == NULL) {
         printf("visionstream get failed\n");
+        visionstream_destroy(&stream);
         break;
       }