diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
index 7571f1619a4c0a3cd19d53347975d81fe755b356..a98a84772481c33de713b538306f1548f8d91582 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
@@ -2094,8 +2094,10 @@ x86UpdateHostModel(virCPUDefPtr guest,
      * features directly */
     for (i = 0; i < guest->nfeatures; i++) {
         for (feat = map->migrate_blockers; feat; feat = feat->next) {
-            if (STREQ(feat->name, guest->features[i].name))
+            if (STREQ(feat->name, guest->features[i].name)) {
+                VIR_FREE(guest->features[i].name);
                 VIR_DELETE_ELEMENT_INPLACE(guest->features, i, guest->nfeatures);
+            }
         }
     }