diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index 728031f0c2..bcaa37b444 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -2783,6 +2783,7 @@ qemudSetLogging(struct qemud_server *server, virConfPtr conf,
                     VIR_FREE(userdir);
                     goto out_of_memory;
                 }
+                VIR_FREE(userdir);
             }
         } else {
             if (virAsprintf(&tmp, "%d:stderr", virLogGetDefaultPriority()) < 0)