diff --git a/lib/libgeom/geom_xml2tree.c b/lib/libgeom/geom_xml2tree.c
index 54a31ca42089..2a373d7f31d5 100644
--- a/lib/libgeom/geom_xml2tree.c
+++ b/lib/libgeom/geom_xml2tree.c
@@ -275,15 +275,17 @@ EndElement(void *userData, const char *name)
 			XML_StopParser(mt->parser, 0);
 			warn("Cannot allocate memory during processing of '%s' "
 			    "element", name);
+			free(p);
 			return;
 		}
 		gc->lg_name = strdup(name);
 		if (gc->lg_name == NULL) {
-			free(gc);
 			mt->error = errno;
 			XML_StopParser(mt->parser, 0);
 			warn("Cannot allocate memory during processing of '%s' "
 			    "element", name);
+			free(gc);
+			free(p);
 			return;
 		}
 		gc->lg_val = p;