diff --git a/src/supplicant/nm-supplicant-interface.c b/src/supplicant/nm-supplicant-interface.c
index 7fa51981a6..77254c7ebc 100644
--- a/src/supplicant/nm-supplicant-interface.c
+++ b/src/supplicant/nm-supplicant-interface.c
@@ -836,6 +836,8 @@ _peer_info_destroy(NMSupplicantPeerInfo *peer_info)
     g_free(peer_info->groups);
     g_bytes_unref(peer_info->ies);
 
+    nm_ref_string_unref(peer_info->peer_path);
+
     nm_g_slice_free(peer_info);
 }