diff --git a/fs/dirent/fs_opendir.c b/fs/dirent/fs_opendir.c
index 55efbbaad2cfecbb5ee6db70a0b3b0ccb0ae8bc5..c6fd9e0789d5678eeb1b9824b95b60cd2d206d63 100644
--- a/fs/dirent/fs_opendir.c
+++ b/fs/dirent/fs_opendir.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ DIR *opendir(const char *path)
     }
   if (ret < 0)
     {
+      free(dir);
       goto errout_with_count;
     }
   dir->fd_status = DIRENT_MAGIC;