diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c
index f374961a4cfa2ee2c4889bc3fabc195d6480b513..f476ee19155db6964cf11a89bea47275bb884876 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ virStorageBackendISCSIStartPool(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     ret = 0;
 
 cleanup:
+    VIR_FREE(portal);
     VIR_FREE(session);
     return ret;
 }