src/nnn.c | 2 ++

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 46d86d6d5549f599019458d18679939815ce3977..cba66a0d62a2e743625a6e86248bc2e6e89d301f 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -4332,9 +4332,11 @@
 	if (x_to) {
 		if (chdir(xdirname(fpath)) == -1) {
 			printwarn(NULL);
+			free(outdir);
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 		xstrsncpy(fpath, outdir, PATH_MAX);
+		free(outdir);
 	} else if (op == 'x')
 		fpath[0] = '\0';