diff --git a/third_party/lcms/src/cmstypes.c b/third_party/lcms/src/cmstypes.c
index 75f1fae32..f92a92822 100644
--- a/third_party/lcms/src/cmstypes.c
+++ b/third_party/lcms/src/cmstypes.c
@@ -4460,18 +4460,19 @@ void *Type_MPE_Read(struct _cms_typehandler_struct* self, cmsIOHANDLER* io, cmsU
     NewLUT = cmsPipelineAlloc(self ->ContextID, InputChans, OutputChans);
     if (NewLUT == NULL) return NULL;
 
-    if (!_cmsReadUInt32Number(io, &ElementCount)) return NULL;
-
-    if (!ReadPositionTable(self, io, ElementCount, BaseOffset, NewLUT, ReadMPEElem)) {
-        if (NewLUT != NULL) cmsPipelineFree(NewLUT);
-        *nItems = 0;
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    if (!_cmsReadUInt32Number(io, &ElementCount)) goto Error;
+    if (!ReadPositionTable(self, io, ElementCount, BaseOffset, NewLUT, ReadMPEElem)) goto Error;
 
     // Success
     *nItems = 1;
     return NewLUT;
 
+    // Error
+Error:
+    if (NewLUT != NULL) cmsPipelineFree(NewLUT);
+    *nItems = 0;
+    return NULL;
+
     cmsUNUSED_PARAMETER(SizeOfTag);
 }