diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/examples/eet-basic.c b/legacy/eet/src/examples/eet-basic.c
index 2c85a54971..390cd713d6 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/examples/eet-basic.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/examples/eet-basic.c
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@ main(void)
   ef = eet_open("test.eet", EET_FILE_MODE_READ);
   ret = eet_read(ef, "Entry 1", &size);
   printf("%s\n", ret);
+  free(ret);
   ret = eet_read(ef, "Entry 2", &size);
   printf("%s\n", ret);
+  free(ret);
   ret = eet_read(ef, "Entry 3", &size);
   printf("%s\n", ret);
+  free(ret);
   eet_close(ef);
 
   eet_shutdown();