diff --git a/src/conf/network_conf.c b/src/conf/network_conf.c
index c93916dd1d..3604ff7d59 100644
--- a/src/conf/network_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/network_conf.c
@@ -1895,6 +1895,7 @@ virNetworkObjUpdateParseFile(const char *filename,
     ret = 0;
 
 cleanup:
+    xmlFreeDoc(xml);
     xmlXPathFreeContext(ctxt);
     return ret;
 }