diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
index 3bf18364c67c..8cb3469dd11f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ int extract_build_id(char *build_id, size_t size)
 		len = size;
 	memcpy(build_id, line, len);
 	build_id[len] = '\0';
+	free(line);
 	return 0;
 err:
 	fclose(fp);