diff --git a/src/nodeinfo.c b/src/nodeinfo.c
index 7e993a9ff4..e842474afd 100644
--- a/src/nodeinfo.c
+++ b/src/nodeinfo.c
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ linuxParseCPUmap(int *max_cpuid, const char *path)
     }
     *max_cpuid = max_id;
 
+    VIR_FREE(str);
     return map;
 
 error: