diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index a203c9297ab6750cb374a4aeefda36c3688dd7dd..5eaf97a465750508b367595e0b7cb5880b8a1564 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -4309,6 +4309,7 @@ processGuestPanicEvent(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         qemuDomainRemoveInactiveJob(driver, vm);
 
  cleanup:
+    qemuMonitorEventPanicInfoFree(info);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
 }