diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
index c43439cb37..ba1001ee23 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
@@ -4697,6 +4697,7 @@ connection_from_file_full (const char *filename,
 		g_free (bootproto);
 		goto done;
 	}
+	g_free (bootproto);
 
 	type = NULL;