diff --git a/libr/anal/xrefs.c b/libr/anal/xrefs.c
index 5d3be9d0e0..88d8b333ea 100644
--- a/libr/anal/xrefs.c
+++ b/libr/anal/xrefs.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ R_API void r_anal_xrefs_load(RAnal *anal, const char *prjfile) {
 	DB = sdb_new (path, "xrefs", 0);
 	sdb_ns_set (anal->sdb, "xrefs", DB);
 	sdb_array_set (DB, "types", -1, "code,data", 0);
+	free (path);
 	free (db);
 }