diff --git a/src/guacd/conf-file.c b/src/guacd/conf-file.c
index f80948a2..21044b61 100644
--- a/src/guacd/conf-file.c
+++ b/src/guacd/conf-file.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ guacd_config* guacd_conf_load() {
 
         if (retval != 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Unable to parse \"" GUACD_CONF_FILE "\".\n");
+            free(conf);
             return NULL;
         }