diff --git a/ctdb/lib/replace/test/testsuite.c b/ctdb/lib/replace/test/testsuite.c
index 52629ec82e5..387f096552f 100644
--- a/ctdb/lib/replace/test/testsuite.c
+++ b/ctdb/lib/replace/test/testsuite.c
@@ -266,12 +266,14 @@ static int test_strndup(void)
 	x = strndup("bla", 2);
 	if (strcmp(x, "bl") != 0) {
 		printf("failure: strndup [\ninvalid\n]\n");
+		free(x);
 		return false;
 	}
 	free(x);
 	x = strndup("bla", 10);
 	if (strcmp(x, "bla") != 0) {
 		printf("failure: strndup [\ninvalid\n]\n");
+		free(x);
 		return false;
 	}
 	free(x);