diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config.c b/wpa_supplicant/config.c
index 22b00e5c8..7ba2df61e 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config.c
@@ -2276,6 +2276,8 @@ int wpa_config_set_cred(struct wpa_cred *cred, const char *var,
 			   line, var);
 	}
 
+	os_free(val);
+
 	return -1;
 }