diff --git a/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c b/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c
index cf73f0836..29189f56f 100644
--- a/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c
+++ b/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ fail:
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&data->mutex);
 	}
 
-	if (!success) {
+	if (!success && script) {
 		lua_close(script);
 	}