diff --git a/res/res_config_odbc.c b/res/res_config_odbc.c
index 4c579b97810c360ffc47942e6e237e716bf13ff0..d2f7f373b1be9aae2dfd960f4e025cf4f1689ad7 100644
--- a/res/res_config_odbc.c
+++ b/res/res_config_odbc.c
@@ -142,8 +142,10 @@ static struct ast_variable *realtime_odbc(const char *database, const char *tabl
 	}
 
 	newparam = va_arg(aq, const char *);
-	if (!newparam)
+	if (!newparam) {
+		ast_odbc_release_obj(obj);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 	newval = va_arg(aq, const char *);
 	op = !strchr(newparam, ' ') ? " =" : "";
 	snprintf(sql, sizeof(sql), "SELECT * FROM %s WHERE %s%s ?%s", table, newparam, op,