diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 6882a50479..94495cd717 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -1067,6 +1067,7 @@ qemuMonitorFindObjectPath(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
             }
 
             ret = qemuMonitorFindObjectPath(mon, nextpath, name, path);
+            VIR_FREE(nextpath);
         }
     }