diff --git a/src/share/bin/parse_manifest.c b/src/share/bin/parse_manifest.c
index 61c5b883081b9ac1aa472b72042dee397b18f5cd..61b0bbf4884461b58ff88529114e30b36f427948 100644
--- a/src/share/bin/parse_manifest.c
+++ b/src/share/bin/parse_manifest.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ inflate_file(int fd, zentry *entry, int *size_out)
             *size_out = (int)entry->isize;
         }
         return (out);
-    } else
-        return (NULL);
+    }
+    free(in);
+    return (NULL);
 }
 
 static jboolean zip64_present = JNI_FALSE;