diff --git a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic_SceneCollections.cpp b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic_SceneCollections.cpp
index ee9e4e6086f735..48259b9eb9903b 100644
--- a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic_SceneCollections.cpp
+++ b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic_SceneCollections.cpp
@@ -1439,6 +1439,8 @@ void OBSBasic::LoadData(obs_data_t *data, SceneCollection &collection)
 
 	if (!App()->IsMissingFilesCheckDisabled())
 		ShowMissingFilesDialog(files);
+	else
+		obs_missing_files_destroy(files);
 
 	disableSaving--;