1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/decoder.cpp b/src/decoder.cpp
index 5ca2a93..0b2a806 100644
--- a/src/decoder.cpp
+++ b/src/decoder.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ bool zmq::decoder_t::eight_byte_size_ready ()
     //  message and thus we can treat it as uninitialised...
     int rc = zmq_msg_init_size (&in_progress, size - 1);
     if (rc != 0 && errno == ENOMEM) {
+        rc = zmq_msg_init (&in_progress);
+        errno_assert (rc == 0);
         decoding_error ();
         return false;
     }