diff --git a/ssl/d1_pkt.c b/ssl/d1_pkt.c
index f0837796..24870fb7 100644
--- a/ssl/d1_pkt.c
+++ b/ssl/d1_pkt.c
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ dtls1_buffer_record(SSL *s, record_pqueue *queue, unsigned char *priority)
 	/* insert should not fail, since duplicates are dropped */
 	if (pqueue_insert(queue->q, item) == NULL)
 		{
+		OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(SSL, dtls1_buffer_record, ERR_R_INTERNAL_ERROR);
 		OPENSSL_free(rdata);
 		pitem_free(item);
 		return(0);