diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
index d47b257627d5..828cc7fcaf6a 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
@@ -2919,6 +2919,7 @@ nsImapMailFolder::ProgressStatus(nsIImapProtocol* aProtocol,
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	PR_FREEIF(progressMsg);
 
     return NS_OK;
 }