diff --git a/package/utils/otrx/src/otrx.c b/package/utils/otrx/src/otrx.c
index 0d99cd39e3..223e032f2b 100644
--- a/package/utils/otrx/src/otrx.c
+++ b/package/utils/otrx/src/otrx.c
@@ -264,9 +264,12 @@ static ssize_t otrx_create_append_zeros(FILE *trx, size_t length) {
 
 	if (fwrite(buf, 1, length, trx) != length) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't write %zu B to %s\n", length, trx_path);
+		free(buf);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	free(buf);
+
 	return length;
 }