diff --git a/src/monitor/src/monitor/onemonitord.cc b/src/monitor/src/monitor/onemonitord.cc
index 1acff338d6..5a5c0414bc 100644
--- a/src/monitor/src/monitor/onemonitord.cc
+++ b/src/monitor/src/monitor/onemonitord.cc
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                     break;
             }
         }
+
+        free(_argv_c);
     }
 
     try