diff --git a/src/useradd.c b/src/useradd.c
index 98603f98..3b20e56f 100644
--- a/src/useradd.c
+++ b/src/useradd.c
@@ -2319,6 +2319,7 @@ static void create_home (void)
 					Prog, path);
 				fail_exit(E_HOMEDIR);
 			}
+			free(btrfs_check);
 			// make subvolume to mount for user instead of directory
 			if (btrfs_create_subvolume(path)) {
 				fprintf(stderr,