diff --git a/sftp-client.c b/sftp-client.c
index 0ffacbc..d894a11 100644
--- a/sftp-client.c
+++ b/sftp-client.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 /* XXX: copy between two remote sites */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: sftp-client.c,v 1.51 2004/07/11 17:48:47 deraadt Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: sftp-client.c,v 1.52 2004/11/25 22:22:14 markus Exp $");
 
 #include "openbsd-compat/sys-queue.h"
 
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
 		int status = buffer_get_int(&msg);
 
 		error("Couldn't get handle: %s", fx2txt(status));
+		buffer_free(&msg);
 		return(NULL);
 	} else if (type != SSH2_FXP_HANDLE)
 		fatal("Expected SSH2_FXP_HANDLE(%u) packet, got %u",
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@
 			debug("Couldn't stat remote file: %s", fx2txt(status));
 		else
 			error("Couldn't stat remote file: %s", fx2txt(status));
+		buffer_free(&msg);
 		return(NULL);
 	} else if (type != SSH2_FXP_ATTRS) {
 		fatal("Expected SSH2_FXP_ATTRS(%u) packet, got %u",