diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c
index 068173d4f2..3638459919 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ write_secret_file (const char *path,
 	success = TRUE;
 
 out:
+	g_free (tmppath);
 	return success;
 }