diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index aeba86f1..0c50c424 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ static int sync_db_read(pmdb_t *db, struct archive *archive,
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "unknown database file: %s\n", filename);
 	}
 
+	FREE(pkgname);
 	return 0;
 
 error: