diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellImport.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellImport.c
index dd04f935e7a30f6a8775b831c3ec726855f520f4..0d0e7e9855ff19dcc885df3730ad90cb1a15e80e 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellImport.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellImport.c
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ static void shellSourceFile(TAOS *con, char *fptr) {
 
   if (wordexp(fptr, &full_path, 0) != 0) {
     fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: illegal file name\n");
+    free(cmd);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ static void shellSourceFile(TAOS *con, char *fptr) {
   if (f == NULL) {
     fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: failed to open file %s\n", fname);
     wordfree(&full_path);
+    free(cmd);
     return;
   }