diff --git a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/SkeletonBinary.cpp b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/SkeletonBinary.cpp
index ac61ab83d6..76ba3bd349 100644
--- a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/SkeletonBinary.cpp
+++ b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/SkeletonBinary.cpp
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ SkeletonData *SkeletonBinary::readSkeletonData(const unsigned char *binary, cons
 		skeletonData->_defaultSkin = defaultSkin;
 		skeletonData->_skins.add(defaultSkin);
 	}
+	
+	if (!this->getError().isEmpty()) {
+		delete input;
+		delete skeletonData;
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/* Skins. */
 	for (size_t i = 0, n = (size_t)readVarint(input, true); i < n; ++i) {