diff --git a/src/connect.c b/src/connect.c
index da1bf443..a692dcb4 100644
--- a/src/connect.c
+++ b/src/connect.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ socket_t ssh_connect_host(ssh_session session, const char *host,
       socket_t ret = ssh_connect_ai_timeout(session, host, port, itr,
           timeout, usec, s);
 
+      freeaddrinfo(ai);
       return ret;
     }