diff --git a/src/finit.c b/src/finit.c
index 55052793..b30e252c 100644
--- a/src/finit.c
+++ b/src/finit.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static int sulogin(int do_reboot)
 		}
 
 		rc = systemf("%s", path);
+		free(path);
 		break;
 	}