diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index 4061a0cba9..9e66059489 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ testQemuMonitorJSONGetDeviceAliases(const void *data)
 
 cleanup:
     virStringFreeList(aliases);
+    qemuMonitorTestFree(test);
     return ret;
 }