diff --git a/lib/vtls/mbedtls.c b/lib/vtls/mbedtls.c
index 7cd2d6d0f..edf30dbd9 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/mbedtls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/mbedtls.c
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ mbed_connect_step3(struct connectdata *conn,
 
     ret = mbedtls_ssl_get_session(&connssl->ssl, our_ssl_sessionid);
     if(ret) {
+      free(our_ssl_sessionid);
       failf(data, "mbedtls_ssl_get_session returned -0x%x", -ret);
       return CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR;
     }