diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c
index 8a0e517502c482f23f01bc63e95f1dc210d711cd..e815192c22a014cbe85ee197b01219b3deb95b21 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ static int virStorageBackendRBDRefreshPool(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
             VIR_WARN("%s", _("A problem occurred while listing RBD images"));
             goto cleanup;
         }
+        VIR_FREE(names);
     }
 
     for (i = 0, name = names; name < names + max_size; i++) {