diff --git a/hw/riscv/virt.c b/hw/riscv/virt.c
index 4a137a503c..2b38f89070 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/virt.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/virt.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ static void *create_fdt(RISCVVirtState *s, const struct MemmapEntry *memmap,
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(fdt, nodename, "reg",
         0x0, memmap[VIRT_TEST].base,
         0x0, memmap[VIRT_TEST].size);
+    g_free(nodename);
 
     nodename = g_strdup_printf("/uart@%lx",
         (long)memmap[VIRT_UART0].base);