diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index efd9f7b7..b9f33882 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -2275,8 +2275,11 @@ evhttp_get_request_connection(
 	char *hostname = NULL, *portname = NULL;
 
 	name_from_addr(sa, salen, &hostname, &portname);
-        if (hostname==NULL || portname==NULL)
+	if (hostname==NULL || portname==NULL) {
+		if (hostname) event_free(hostname);
+		if (portname) event_free(portname);
 		return (NULL);
+	}
 
 	event_debug(("%s: new request from %s:%s on %d\n",
 			__func__, hostname, portname, fd));