diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index f10382ed9d48e828fc86431036de4fbe2dc3a86c..1f8018ac7e7925e3c2a555178337a7106846aedb 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -1439,6 +1439,8 @@ static void repl(void) {
                     exit(0);
                 } else if (argv[0][0] == ':') {
                     cliSetPreferences(argv,argc,1);
+                    sdsfreesplitres(argv,argc);
+                    linenoiseFree(line);
                     continue;
                 } else if (strcasecmp(argv[0],"restart") == 0) {
                     if (config.eval) {