diff --git a/src/core/FileScanner.cpp b/src/core/FileScanner.cpp
index 58585dd19e..9b2dbc171c 100644
--- a/src/core/FileScanner.cpp
+++ b/src/core/FileScanner.cpp
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ protected:
                     DirectoryChild child = CreateChild(path, node);
                     children.push_back(child);
                 }
+                free(namelist[i]);
             }
+            free(namelist);
         }
     }