diff --git a/bin/xbps-pkgdb/check.c b/bin/xbps-pkgdb/check.c
index 67dcbfa0..b8daf8e6 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-pkgdb/check.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-pkgdb/check.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ check_pkg_integrity(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 	if (xbps_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(opkgd, "metafile-sha256", &sha256)) {
 		buf = xbps_xasprintf("%s/.%s-files.plist",
 		    xhp->metadir, pkgname);
+		filesd = xbps_dictionary_internalize_from_file(buf);
 		rv = xbps_file_hash_check(buf, sha256);
 		free(buf);
 		if (rv == ENOENT) {
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ check_pkg_integrity(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 			xbps_object_release(filesd);
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: metadata file has been "
 			    "modified!\n", pkgname);
+			xbps_object_release(filesd);
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}