diff --git a/win/win32/NetHackW.c b/win/win32/NetHackW.c
index 033dc797c..2eee75939 100644
--- a/win/win32/NetHackW.c
+++ b/win/win32/NetHackW.c
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine,
     return 0;
 }
 
+extern void free_menu_data(void);
+
 void
 free_winmain_stuff(void)
 {
@@ -271,6 +273,7 @@ free_winmain_stuff(void)
             windowdata[cnt].address = 0;
         }
     }
+    free_menu_data();
 }
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
diff --git a/win/win32/mhmain.c b/win/win32/mhmain.c
index 053324db8..c0a6cd0b1 100644
--- a/win/win32/mhmain.c
+++ b/win/win32/mhmain.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static TCHAR szMainWindowClass[] = TEXT("MSNHMainWndClass");
 static TCHAR szTitle[MAX_LOADSTRING];
 struct window_tracking_data windowdata[MAXWINDOWS];
 extern void mswin_display_splash_window(BOOL);
-
+extern void free_menu_data(void); /* mhmenu.c */
 LRESULT CALLBACK MainWndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
 LRESULT CALLBACK About(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
 static LRESULT onWMCommand(HWND hWnd, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
diff --git a/win/win32/mhmenu.c b/win/win32/mhmenu.c
index 0899bc747..121704b0d 100644
--- a/win/win32/mhmenu.c
+++ b/win/win32/mhmenu.c
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ static void SelectMenuItem(HWND hwndList, PNHMenuWindow data, int item,
                            int count);
 static void reset_menu_count(HWND hwndList, PNHMenuWindow data);
 static BOOL onListChar(HWND hWnd, HWND hwndList, WORD ch);
+static genericptr_t menu_data_to_free;
+void free_menu_data(void);
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 HWND
@@ -627,6 +629,8 @@ onMSNHCommand(HWND hWnd, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
                 data->menui.menu.items, data->menui.menu.allocated * sizeof(NHMenuItem));
             if (!data->menui.menu.items)
                 free(was);
+            else
+                menu_data_to_free = (genericptr_t) data->menui.menu.items;
         }
 
         if (data->menui.menu.items) {
@@ -719,6 +723,14 @@ onMSNHCommand(HWND hWnd, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 
     }
 }
+
+void
+free_menu_data(void)
+{
+    if (menu_data_to_free != 0)
+        free(menu_data_to_free), menu_data_to_free = 0;
+}
+
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 void
 LayoutMenu(HWND hWnd)