diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index ed2920c53ec8aa9c4f36519a6ba90e2bbbad6aa4..04aba9d0f1c945abef68d00afcff38610ef20226 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
           else {
             /* Have error handler disconnect conn if we can't retry */
             disconnect_conn = TRUE;
+            free(newurl);
           }
         }
         else {