webtorrent/tracker-client.go | 1 +
 webtorrent/transport.go      | 2 ++

diff --git a/webtorrent/tracker-client.go b/webtorrent/tracker-client.go
index b0ca6c2c35289de8bcb89864fc4e1a1db2cf33b2..195c06b033dee4c1bf743b64df37a6ad38ea859f 100644
--- a/webtorrent/tracker-client.go
+++ b/webtorrent/tracker-client.go
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ 			dataChannel:    dc,
 		}},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
+		dc.Close()
 		pc.Close()
 	}
 	return err
diff --git a/webtorrent/transport.go b/webtorrent/transport.go
index 852990860e00d9e27b0b4a81d26a2d4c90647e64..d60fb7a7028e5bbd28821b567b1c828d83ebaefb 100644
--- a/webtorrent/transport.go
+++ b/webtorrent/transport.go
@@ -127,12 +127,14 @@ 	})
 
 	offer, err = peerConnection.CreateOffer(nil)
 	if err != nil {
+		dataChannel.Close()
 		peerConnection.Close()
 		return
 	}
 
 	offer, err = setAndGatherLocalDescription(peerConnection, offer)
 	if err != nil {
+		dataChannel.Close()
 		peerConnection.Close()
 	}
 	return