diff --git a/tools/incident_report/main.cpp b/tools/incident_report/main.cpp
index 1d8809f6..4b67a3e98 100644
--- a/tools/incident_report/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/incident_report/main.cpp
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@
             args[argpos++] = NULL;
             execvp(args[0], (char*const*)args);
             fprintf(stderr, "execvp failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+            free(args);
             return 0;
         } else {
             // parent