diff --git a/res/res_clialiases.c b/res/res_clialiases.c
index d9c4088bc8343ea3da8be367c2ca180f09d34ecb..17a847648e9576d2968c44d5b025b104a532ca4c 100644
--- a/res/res_clialiases.c
+++ b/res/res_clialiases.c
@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ static void load_config(int reload)
 			alias->cli_entry.command = alias->alias;
 			alias->cli_entry.usage = "Aliased CLI Command\n";
 
-			ast_cli_register(&alias->cli_entry);
+			if (ast_cli_register(&alias->cli_entry)) {
+				ao2_ref(alias, -1);
+				continue;
+			}
 			ao2_link(cli_aliases, alias);
 			ast_verb(2, "Aliased CLI command '%s' to '%s'\n", v1->name, v1->value);
 			ao2_ref(alias, -1);