diff --git a/code/qcommon/cm_patch.c b/code/qcommon/cm_patch.c
index 6fe9a751..c29a329a 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/cm_patch.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/cm_patch.c
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ static qboolean CM_ValidateFacet( facet_t *facet ) {
 	w = BaseWindingForPlane( plane,  plane[3] );
 	for ( j = 0 ; j < facet->numBorders && w ; j++ ) {
 		if ( facet->borderPlanes[j] == -1 ) {
+			FreeWinding( w );
 			return qfalse;
 		}
 		Vector4Copy( planes[ facet->borderPlanes[j] ].plane, plane );
diff --git a/code/qcommon/cm_polylib.c b/code/qcommon/cm_polylib.c
index d2b98a95..f4d6ce85 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/cm_polylib.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/cm_polylib.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 
 
 // counters are only bumped when running single threaded,
-// because they are an awefull coherence problem
+// because they are an awful coherence problem
 int	c_active_windings;
 int	c_peak_windings;
 int	c_winding_allocs;