diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.c
index ca7a376d3a2..fbcc56ac21d 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.c
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ void BLI_adddirstrings()
 			pwuser = getpwuid(files[num].s.st_uid);
 			if ( pwuser ) {
 			strcpy(files[num].owner, pwuser->pw_name);
+			free(pwuser);
 			} else {
 				sprintf(files[num].owner, "%d", files[num].s.st_uid);
             }