diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index e247259ca78dfcba6ec6c395d32e570841d5bbcd..e197db4407ddca431aa0ab6a4ad1642cdb894e83 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         virDriverModuleInitialize(driverdir);
 #endif
         cpuMapOverride(cpumap);
+        VIR_FREE(cpumap);
         *tmp = '/';
         /* Must not free 'driverdir' - it is still used */
     }