diff --git a/src/cmt_encode_opentelemetry.c b/src/cmt_encode_opentelemetry.c
index 8c93418..8378bc8 100644
--- a/src/cmt_encode_opentelemetry.c
+++ b/src/cmt_encode_opentelemetry.c
@@ -711,13 +711,13 @@ static inline Opentelemetry__Proto__Common__V1__AnyValue *cfl_variant_binary_to_
         result->bytes_value.len = cfl_sds_len(value->data.as_bytes);
         result->bytes_value.data = calloc(result->bytes_value.len, sizeof(char));
 
-        if (result->bytes_value.data == NULL) {
+        if (result->bytes_value.data) {
+            memcpy(result->bytes_value.data, value->data.as_bytes, result->bytes_value.len);
+        }
+        else {
             otlp_any_value_destroy(result);
-
             result = NULL;
         }
-
-        memcpy(result->bytes_value.data, value->data.as_bytes, result->bytes_value.len);
     }
 
     return result;
diff --git a/tests/prometheus_parser.c b/tests/prometheus_parser.c
index a6407a1..461cdec 100644
--- a/tests/prometheus_parser.c
+++ b/tests/prometheus_parser.c
@@ -1669,6 +1669,7 @@ void test_issue_fluent_bit_9267()
 {
     char errbuf[256];
     int status;
+    cfl_sds_t result = NULL;
     struct cmt *cmt;
     struct cmt_decode_prometheus_parse_opts opts;
     memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
@@ -1688,6 +1689,7 @@ void test_issue_fluent_bit_9267()
     if (cmt != NULL) {
         cmt_decode_prometheus_destroy(cmt);
     }
+    cmt_decode_prometheus_destroy(cmt);
     cfl_sds_destroy(in_buf);
 }