diff --git a/src/qcbor_decode.c b/src/qcbor_decode.c
index 72a81c6..2188211 100644
--- a/src/qcbor_decode.c
+++ b/src/qcbor_decode.c
@@ -2660,6 +2660,8 @@
 QCBORDecode_VPeekNext(QCBORDecodeContext *pMe, QCBORItem *pDecodedItem)
 {
    if(pMe->uLastError != QCBOR_SUCCESS) {
+      pDecodedItem->uDataType  = QCBOR_TYPE_NONE;
+      pDecodedItem->uLabelType = QCBOR_TYPE_NONE;
       return;
    }
 
@@ -2674,6 +2676,8 @@
 QCBORDecode_VGetNext(QCBORDecodeContext *pMe, QCBORItem *pDecodedItem)
 {
    if(pMe->uLastError != QCBOR_SUCCESS) {
+      pDecodedItem->uDataType  = QCBOR_TYPE_NONE;
+      pDecodedItem->uLabelType = QCBOR_TYPE_NONE;
       return;
    }