diff --git a/ctdb/tcp/tcp_connect.c b/ctdb/tcp/tcp_connect.c
index 17aafc415f7..13452a5e83b 100644
--- a/ctdb/tcp/tcp_connect.c
+++ b/ctdb/tcp/tcp_connect.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void ctdb_tcp_tnode_cb(uint8_t *data, size_t cnt, void *private_data)
 	tnode->connect_te = tevent_add_timer(node->ctdb->ev, tnode,
 					     timeval_current_ofs(3, 0),
 					     ctdb_tcp_node_connect, node);
+	TALLOC_FREE(data);
 }
 
 /*