diff --git a/contrib/elf2dmp/qemu_elf.c b/contrib/elf2dmp/qemu_elf.c
index 0db7816586..b601b6d7ba 100644
--- a/contrib/elf2dmp/qemu_elf.c
+++ b/contrib/elf2dmp/qemu_elf.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ int QEMU_Elf_init(QEMU_Elf *qe, const char *filename)
     qe->gmf = g_mapped_file_new(filename, TRUE, &gerr);
     if (gerr) {
         eprintf("Failed to map ELF dump file \'%s\'\n", filename);
+        g_error_free(gerr);
         return 1;
     }