diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index e13b6973..a0fbfd09 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ void logmsg(int loglevel, const char *fmt, ...) {
 		if (logfd > 0)
 			ckmsgq_add(global_ckp->logger, strdup(log));
 		free(buf);
+		free(log);
 	}
 }