diff --git a/util/makedefs.c b/util/makedefs.c
index 9b6551122..c41471b2c 100644
--- a/util/makedefs.c
+++ b/util/makedefs.c
@@ -1448,6 +1448,7 @@ char *githash, *gitbranch;
                 havehash = TRUE;
             }
 	}
+        free(line);
     }
     Fclose(gifp);
     if (havebranch && havehash)