diff --git a/http_intf.c b/http_intf.c
index ea6b6a96fb..1678edb608 100644
--- a/http_intf.c
+++ b/http_intf.c
@@ -78,12 +78,16 @@ bool http_download_file(char *url, const char *output_dir,
    f = fopen(output_path, "wb");
 
    if (!f)
-      return false;
+      goto cleanup;
 
    fwrite(buf, 1, len, f);
 
    fclose(f);
 
+cleanup:
+   if (buf)
+      free(buf);
+
    return true;
 }