diff --git a/src/devices/ovs/nm-ovsdb.c b/src/devices/ovs/nm-ovsdb.c
index e5de466c76..aafd1efb93 100644
--- a/src/devices/ovs/nm-ovsdb.c
+++ b/src/devices/ovs/nm-ovsdb.c
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ ovsdb_got_msg (NMOvsdb *self, json_t *msg)
 	OvsdbMethodCall *call = NULL;
 	OvsdbMethodCallback callback;
 	gpointer user_data;
-	GError *local = NULL;
+	gs_free_error GError *local = NULL;
 
 	if (json_unpack_ex (msg, &json_error, 0, "{s?:o, s?:s, s?:o, s?:o, s?:o}",
 	                    "id", &json_id,