diff --git a/clients/cli/connections.c b/clients/cli/connections.c
index 5de9cc9d13..9206d9dac0 100644
--- a/clients/cli/connections.c
+++ b/clients/cli/connections.c
@@ -2319,6 +2319,7 @@ do_connection_down (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 		if (nmc->ask) {
 			line = nmc_readline (PROMPT_CONNECTION);
 			nmc_string_to_arg_array (line, "", &arg_arr, &arg_num);
+			g_free (line);
 			arg_ptr = arg_arr;
 		}
 		if (arg_num == 0) {
@@ -8691,6 +8692,7 @@ do_connection_delete (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 		if (nmc->ask) {
 			line = nmc_readline (PROMPT_CONNECTION);
 			nmc_string_to_arg_array (line, "", &arg_arr, &arg_num);
+			g_free (line);
 			arg_ptr = arg_arr;
 		}
 		if (arg_num == 0) {