diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 93570b4dd..7c626a965 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -3962,6 +3962,7 @@ int cfg_parse_log_forward(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 		goto out;
 	}
 out:
+	ha_free(&errmsg);
 	return err_code;
 }