diff --git a/bootdevice.c b/bootdevice.c
index 79c2327142d5a8dd0ba1c4e68bce2469ec7a09fb..56b19529b1bcb3c8f857cb1f22fc4bcb7d8415ae 100644
--- a/bootdevice.c
+++ b/bootdevice.c
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ static void property_release_bootindex(Object *obj, const char *name,
 
 {
     BootIndexProperty *prop = opaque;
+
+    del_boot_device_path(prop->dev, prop->suffix);
     g_free(prop);
 }