diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index b1d300e87c..1c0947588e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -6443,6 +6443,10 @@ void qemuProcessStop(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virBitmapFree(priv->autoCpuset);
     priv->autoCpuset = NULL;
 
+    /* remove address data */
+    virDomainUSBAddressSetFree(priv->usbaddrs);
+    priv->usbaddrs = NULL;
+
     /* The "release" hook cleans up additional resources */
     if (virHookPresent(VIR_HOOK_DRIVER_QEMU)) {
         char *xml = qemuDomainDefFormatXML(driver, vm->def, 0);