diff -Naur a/lib/nghttp2_session.c b/lib/nghttp2_session.c
--- a/lib/nghttp2_session.c	2023-07-25 14:24:37.157709999 +0800
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_session.c	2023-07-25 14:22:35.604257644 +0800
@@ -2938,6 +2938,7 @@
         break;
       }
       if (rv < 0) {
+	int rv2 = 0;
         int32_t opened_stream_id = 0;
         uint32_t error_code = NGHTTP2_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 
@@ -2982,19 +2983,19 @@
         }
         if (opened_stream_id) {
           /* careful not to override rv */
-          int rv2;
           rv2 = nghttp2_session_close_stream(session, opened_stream_id,
                                              error_code);
 
-          if (nghttp2_is_fatal(rv2)) {
-            return rv2;
-          }
         }
 
         nghttp2_outbound_item_free(item, mem);
         nghttp2_mem_free(mem, item);
         active_outbound_item_reset(aob, mem);
 
+	if (nghttp2_is_fatal(rv2)) {
+            return rv2;
+         }
+
         if (rv == NGHTTP2_ERR_HEADER_COMP) {
           /* If header compression error occurred, should terminiate
              connection. */