diff --git a/loader/loader.c b/loader/loader.c
index 6e4f0d94b..46d96b4f1 100644
--- a/loader/loader.c
+++ b/loader/loader.c
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ VkResult fixup_library_binary_path(const struct loader_instance *inst, char **li
         // Normalize the path so that the comparison doesn't yield false positives
         res = normalize_path(inst, &os_determined_lib_name);
         if (res == VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY) {
+            loader_instance_heap_free(inst, os_determined_lib_name);
             return res;
         }