diff --git a/src/conf/domain_event.c b/src/conf/domain_event.c
index 34a9d9118b40c8bfa2db77d58faf034640f5e6f9..fabc1a53368bef13b1d1b93faef23f12d2c09809 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_event.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_event.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * domain_event.c: domain event queue processing helpers
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2008 VirtualIron
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ virDomainEventStateFree(virDomainEventStatePtr state)
 
     if (state->timer != -1)
         virEventRemoveTimeout(state->timer);
+    VIR_FREE(state);
 }
 
 /**