diff --git a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
index cac5642afd..6e2fff8ac2 100644
--- a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
+++ b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
@@ -2031,6 +2031,7 @@ phypStorageVolCreateXML(virStoragePoolPtr pool,
         goto err;
 
     VIR_FREE(key);
+    virStoragePoolDefFree(spdef);
 
     return vol;