diff --git a/components/shell/src/cmds/vfs_shellcmd.c b/components/shell/src/cmds/vfs_shellcmd.c
index 801f6e99e321606a28962fb38a5735d085ebd0f7..e7f68345fea08bf1880f41ea55f80ce06da2ad57 100644
--- a/components/shell/src/cmds/vfs_shellcmd.c
+++ b/components/shell/src/cmds/vfs_shellcmd.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ VOID OsLs(const CHAR *pathname)
     d = opendir(path);
     if (d == NULL) {
         PRINT_ERR("No such directory = %s\n", path);
+        free(path);
     } else {
         PRINTK("Directory %s:\n", path);
         do {