diff --git a/nse_nsock.cc b/nse_nsock.cc
index 87772a617..181666f6c 100644
--- a/nse_nsock.cc
+++ b/nse_nsock.cc
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ static int l_bind (lua_State *L)
   nu->source_addrlen = results->ai_addrlen;
   memcpy(&nu->source_addr, results->ai_addr, nu->source_addrlen);
 
+  freeaddrinfo(results);
   return nseU_success(L);
 }