diff --git a/src/windows/native/java/lang/java_props_md.c b/src/windows/native/java/lang/java_props_md.c
index 8bf371854d4a6293826af5d8f874ec026ab54b90..dc1e00fe849d309df09d7db4e47f4e5304f0147f 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/java/lang/java_props_md.c
+++ b/src/windows/native/java/lang/java_props_md.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ getJavaIDFromLangID(LANGID langID)
         free(elems[index]);
     }
     } else {
+        free(ret);
         ret = NULL;
     }