diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
index 23f0b14911..6ddeb22a8a 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
@@ -1258,6 +1258,7 @@ eet_data_descriptor_decode(Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd,
 			      {
 				 hash = edd->func.hash_add(hash, key, data_ret);
 				 *ptr = hash;
+				 free(key);
 				 _eet_freelist_list_add(ptr);
 			      }
 			    else