diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
index 4d341b548b65d925e3a2e4d55b7639e3354ba90d..5526bb037fade7d411cde5de7b1a734e04662950 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ bhyveStateCleanup(void)
     virObjectUnref(bhyve_driver->domains);
     virObjectUnref(bhyve_driver->caps);
     virObjectUnref(bhyve_driver->xmlopt);
-    virObjectUnref(bhyve_driver->hostsysinfo);
+    virSysinfoDefFree(bhyve_driver->hostsysinfo);
     virObjectUnref(bhyve_driver->closeCallbacks);
     virObjectEventStateFree(bhyve_driver->domainEventState);