diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
index 2018cdeaf8..043cd63de7 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ merge_dhclient_config (const char *iface,
 	g_assert (new);
 	success = g_file_set_contents (conf_file, new, -1, error);
 	g_free (new);
+	g_free (orig);
 
 	return success;
 }