diff --git a/spellcheck/src/speller.c b/spellcheck/src/speller.c
index 2890367e5..065ac150f 100644
--- a/spellcheck/src/speller.c
+++ b/spellcheck/src/speller.c
@@ -388,7 +388,10 @@ static void add_dict_array(const gchar* const lang_tag, const gchar* const provi
 	for (i = 0; i < sc_info->dicts->len; i++)
 	{
 		if (utils_str_equal(g_ptr_array_index(sc_info->dicts, i), result))
+		{
+			g_free(result);
 			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	g_ptr_array_add(sc_info->dicts, result);