diff --git a/src/common/options.c b/src/common/options.c
--- a/src/common/options.c
+++ b/src/common/options.c
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ int options_init(int argc, char *argv[],
   if(chdir(configfileprefix))
     fprintf(stderr, "Unable to chdir(\"%s\") where I expected to find config files, expect failure\n", configfileprefix);
 
+  free(configfileprefix);
+
   _distren_asprintf(&configfile, "%s%s.conf", PACKAGE, myname);
   if(!configfile)
     {