diff --git a/gio/win32/gwinhttpvfs.c b/gio/win32/gwinhttpvfs.c
index a0f747e85..1fcc1678c 100644
--- a/gio/win32/gwinhttpvfs.c
+++ b/gio/win32/gwinhttpvfs.c
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ g_winhttp_vfs_init (GWinHttpVfs *vfs)
      WINHTTP_NO_PROXY_NAME,
      WINHTTP_NO_PROXY_BYPASS,
      0);
+
+  g_free (wagent);
 }
 
 /*