diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index f1d25b9be..ea37c6e93 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -453,7 +453,11 @@ static void cliLegacyIntegrateHelp(void) {
     if (cliConnect(CC_QUIET) == REDIS_ERR) return;
 
     redisReply *reply = redisCommand(context, "COMMAND");
-    if(reply == NULL || reply->type != REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY) return;
+    if (reply == NULL) return;
+    if (reply->type != REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY) {
+        freeReplyObject(reply);
+        return;
+    }
 
     /* Scan the array reported by COMMAND and fill only the entries that
      * don't already match what we have. */
@@ -943,7 +947,10 @@ static void cliInitHelp(void) {
         cliLegacyIntegrateHelp();
         return;
     };
-    if (commandTable->type != REDIS_REPLY_MAP && commandTable->type != REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY) return;
+    if (commandTable->type != REDIS_REPLY_MAP && commandTable->type != REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY) {
+        freeReplyObject(commandTable);
+        return;
+    }
 
     /* Scan the array reported by COMMAND DOCS and fill in the entries */
     helpEntriesLen = cliCountCommands(commandTable);