1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/util/util.c b/lib/util/util.c
index 7548d30b7e..40ac7f79e6 100644
--- a/lib/util/util.c
+++ b/lib/util/util.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ _PUBLIC_ char *get_myname(void)
 	/* get my host name */
 	if (gethostname(hostname, MAXHOSTNAMELEN+1) == -1) {
 		DEBUG(0,("gethostname failed\n"));
+		free(hostname);
 		return NULL;
 	}