diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.c b/src/lxc/conf.c
index 1cb074b513..98123a3044 100644
--- a/src/lxc/conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/conf.c
@@ -4109,6 +4109,7 @@ void lxc_conf_free(struct lxc_conf *conf)
 	free(conf->rootfs.bdev_type);
 	free(conf->rootfs.options);
 	free(conf->rootfs.path);
+	free(conf->rootfs.data);
 	free(conf->logfile);
 	if (conf->logfd != -1)
 		close(conf->logfd);