diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2_data_model.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2_data_model.cpp
index 8255de01af06..184fff42d931 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2_data_model.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/messageformat2_data_model.cpp
@@ -1094,6 +1094,8 @@ MFDataModel::MFDataModel(const MFDataModel::Builder& builder, UErrorCode& errorC
         Variant* variants = copyVectorToArray<Variant>(*builder.variants, errorCode);
         Expression* selectors = copyVectorToArray<Expression>(*builder.selectors, errorCode);
         if (U_FAILURE(errorCode)) {
+            delete variants;
+            delete selectors;
             bogus = true;
             return;
         }