diff --git a/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog b/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
index fdd2119473..ae5d3a87dd 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
@@ -70,3 +70,4 @@
 2011-02-10  Sebastian Dransfeld
 
 	* Move all eet cache handling to efreet_cache.c
+	* Free hashes on init error
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c
index dfe7272188..006241a3a4 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ efreet_cache_init(void)
 
     return 1;
 error:
+    if (themes) eina_hash_free(themes);
+    themes = NULL;
+    if (icons) eina_hash_free(icons);
+    icons = NULL;
+    if (fallbacks) eina_hash_free(fallbacks);
+    fallbacks = NULL;
+
     if (cache_exe_handler) ecore_event_handler_del(cache_exe_handler);
     cache_exe_handler = NULL;
     if (cache_monitor) ecore_file_monitor_del(cache_monitor);