diff --git a/src/PlaylistFile.cxx b/src/PlaylistFile.cxx
index 67ffdff4f..03cd59d67 100644
--- a/src/PlaylistFile.cxx
+++ b/src/PlaylistFile.cxx
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ LoadPlaylistFileInfo(PlaylistFileInfo &info,
 		return false;
 
 	info.name = name_utf8;
+	g_free(name_utf8);
 	info.mtime = st.st_mtime;
 	return true;
 }