diff --git a/generators/chm/generator_chm.cpp b/generators/chm/generator_chm.cpp
index 0b752858d..c9c8b2117 100644
--- a/generators/chm/generator_chm.cpp
+++ b/generators/chm/generator_chm.cpp
@@ -84,9 +84,14 @@ CHMGenerator::~CHMGenerator()
 
 bool CHMGenerator::loadDocument( const QString & fileName, QVector< Okular::Page * > & pagesVector )
 {
+    m_file = new LCHMFile();
+    if (!m_file->loadFile(fileName))
+    {
+        delete m_file;
+        m_file = 0;
+        return false;
+    }
     m_fileName=fileName;
-    m_file=new LCHMFile ();
-    m_file->loadFile(fileName);
     QVector< LCHMParsedEntry > topics;
     m_file->parseTableOfContents(&topics);