diff --git a/tests/ipmi-bt-test.c b/tests/ipmi-bt-test.c
index e84dd6889b7c2836fc902a64c4f62a905266135f..7e21a9bbcb8a295dc3832687726013d20cead384 100644
--- a/tests/ipmi-bt-test.c
+++ b/tests/ipmi-bt-test.c
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
           " -device ipmi-bmc-extern,chardev=ipmi0,id=bmc0"
           " -device isa-ipmi-bt,bmc=bmc0", emu_port);
     qtest_start(cmdline);
+    g_free(cmdline);
     qtest_irq_intercept_in(global_qtest, "ioapic");
     qtest_add_func("/ipmi/extern/connect", test_connect);
     qtest_add_func("/ipmi/extern/bt_base", test_bt_base);