diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 1719c18939..4b14824a5d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-03-04  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
+
+	* solib.c (reload_shared_libraries_1): Close memory leak.
+
 2011-03-03  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	PR gdb/12538:
diff --git a/gdb/solib.c b/gdb/solib.c
index 6748d8768c..2bf0751399 100644
--- a/gdb/solib.c
+++ b/gdb/solib.c
@@ -1326,6 +1326,7 @@ reload_shared_libraries_1 (int from_tty)
 	SYMFILE_DEFER_BP_RESET | (from_tty ? SYMFILE_VERBOSE : 0);
 
       filename = tilde_expand (so->so_original_name);
+      make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
       abfd = solib_bfd_open (filename);
       if (abfd != NULL)
 	{