diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index 3890ea4fb..186a2e155 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 1.02.77 -
+=================================
+  Fix memory leak in dmsetup _get_split_name() error path.
+
 Version 1.02.76 - 7th August 2012
 =================================
   Add dm_vasprintf to libdevmapper.
diff --git a/tools/dmsetup.c b/tools/dmsetup.c
index 5422f0b39..7a632c74e 100644
--- a/tools/dmsetup.c
+++ b/tools/dmsetup.c
@@ -380,8 +380,10 @@ static struct dm_split_name *_get_split_name(const char *uuid, const char *name,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (!(split_name->subsystem = _extract_uuid_prefix(uuid, separator)))
+	if (!(split_name->subsystem = _extract_uuid_prefix(uuid, separator))) {
+		dm_free(split_name);
 		return_NULL;
+	}
 
 	split_name->vg_name = split_name->lv_name =
 	    split_name->lv_layer = (char *) "";