diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_ppc64.c b/src/cpu/cpu_ppc64.c
index 364c8ed082..1aed984e90 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_ppc64.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_ppc64.c
@@ -886,8 +886,10 @@ ppc64DriverGetModels(char ***models)
             if (VIR_STRDUP(name, model->name) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
-            if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(*models, nmodels, name) < 0)
+            if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(*models, nmodels, name) < 0) {
+                VIR_FREE(name);
                 goto error;
+            }
         } else {
             nmodels++;
         }
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
index b7f16903c0..c6aacc1463 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
@@ -2219,8 +2219,10 @@ x86GetModels(char ***models)
             if (VIR_STRDUP(name, model->name) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
-            if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(*models, nmodels, name) < 0)
+            if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(*models, nmodels, name) < 0) {
+                VIR_FREE(name);
                 goto error;
+            }
         } else {
             nmodels++;
         }