diff --git a/src/util/virnetlink.c b/src/util/virnetlink.c
index 0e281b06b8750fd05b1a8ee7f3a02676be286a47..fa1ba3e2a166c27cba089ae7f980b972ba777f27 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetlink.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetlink.c
@@ -373,11 +373,13 @@ virNetlinkDumpCommand(struct nl_msg *nl_msg,
             if (callback(msg, opaque) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
         }
+        VIR_FREE(resp);
     }
 
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
+    VIR_FREE(resp);
     virNetlinkFree(nlhandle);
     return ret;
 }