diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
index 8116388cf6..26e9af5c4f 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
@@ -1626,6 +1626,7 @@ bool __KernelLoadExec(const char *filename, u32 paramPtr, std::string *error_str
 			if (param_argp) delete[] param_argp;
 			if (param_key) delete[] param_key;
 		}
+		__KernelShutdown();
 		return false;
 	}