diff --git a/src/conf/cpu_conf.c b/src/conf/cpu_conf.c
index b40737e407..e1b0a5653f 100644
--- a/src/conf/cpu_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/cpu_conf.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ virCPUDefParseXML(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
     g_autofree char *vendor_id = NULL;
     g_autofree char *tscScaling = NULL;
     g_autofree char *migratable = NULL;
-    virHostCPUTscInfoPtr tsc = NULL;
+    g_autofree virHostCPUTscInfoPtr tsc = NULL;
 
     *cpu = NULL;