diff --git a/extra/innochecksum.cc b/extra/innochecksum.cc
index 57586ebee95..b3518eb123d 100644
--- a/extra/innochecksum.cc
+++ b/extra/innochecksum.cc
@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ int main(
 			fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s cannot be found\n",
 				filename);
 
+			free(buf);
 			DBUG_RETURN(1);
 		}
 
@@ -1211,11 +1212,13 @@ int main(
 			fil_in = open_file(filename);
 			/*If fil_in is NULL, terminate as some error encountered */
 			if(fil_in == NULL) {
+				free(buf);
 				DBUG_RETURN(1);
 			}
 			/* Save the current file pointer in pos variable.*/
 			if (0 != fgetpos(fil_in, &pos)) {
 				perror("fgetpos");
+				free(buf);
 				DBUG_RETURN(1);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1229,6 +1232,7 @@ int main(
 			while((_access( page_dump_filename, 0)) == 0) {
 				sleep(1);
 			}
+			free(buf);
 			DBUG_RETURN(0); );
 #else
 		DBUG_EXECUTE_IF("innochecksum_cause_mysqld_crash",
@@ -1237,6 +1241,7 @@ int main(
 			while(stat(page_dump_filename, &status_buf) == 0) {
 				sleep(1);
 			}
+			free(buf);
 			DBUG_RETURN(0); );
 #endif /* _WIN32 */