diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 68df6ab75ae..823e8ad40d4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed GH-12077 (PHP 8.3.0RC1 borked socket-close-on-exec.phpt).
     (Jakub Zelenka)
 
+- ODBC:
+  . Fixed memory leak with failed SQLPrepare. (NattyNarwhal)
+
 - SPL:
   . Fixed bug GH-11972 (RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator regression in 8.1.18).
     (nielsdos)
diff --git a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
index 30e85f17ca2..a680cf46c34 100644
--- a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
+++ b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(odbc_prepare)
 			break;
 		default:
 			odbc_sql_error(conn, result->stmt, "SQLPrepare");
+			efree(result);
 			RETURN_FALSE;
 	}