diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index a872598965997f7803941b1f3bbff7a22dc175ae..d60cf73a2915a8412ca4ab62b6123808b9eddc2e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2360,13 +2360,15 @@ qemuDomainLogContextPtr qemuDomainLogContextNew(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         }
     }
 
+ cleanup:
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
+    VIR_FREE(logfile);
     return ctxt;
 
  error:
-    virObjectUnref(cfg);
     qemuDomainLogContextFree(ctxt);
-    return NULL;
+    ctxt = NULL;
+    goto cleanup;
 }