diff --git a/libmm-glib/mm-modem-simple.c b/libmm-glib/mm-modem-simple.c
index 910f06b6..9338c453 100644
--- a/libmm-glib/mm-modem-simple.c
+++ b/libmm-glib/mm-modem-simple.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ simple_connect_ready (MMModemSimple *self,
                                 "g-object-path",    bearer_path,
                                 "g-interface-name", "org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Bearer",
                                 NULL);
+    g_free (bearer_path);
 }
 
 /**