diff --git a/migration-rdma.c b/migration-rdma.c
index 83c9a0b761..3a380d411a 100644
--- a/migration-rdma.c
+++ b/migration-rdma.c
@@ -2097,6 +2097,8 @@ static void qemu_rdma_cleanup(RDMAContext *rdma)
         rdma_destroy_event_channel(rdma->channel);
         rdma->channel = NULL;
     }
+    g_free(rdma->host);
+    rdma->host = NULL;
 }