diff --git a/tests/test-uuid.c b/tests/test-uuid.c
index 77dcdc4b55..d3a2791fd4 100644
--- a/tests/test-uuid.c
+++ b/tests/test-uuid.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static void test_uuid_unparse_strdup(void)
         }
         out = qemu_uuid_unparse_strdup(&uuid_test_data[i].uuid);
         g_assert_cmpstr(uuid_test_data[i].uuidstr, ==, out);
+        g_free(out);
     }
 }