diff --git a/http-backend.c b/http-backend.c
index eef0a361f4..d12572fda1 100644
--- a/http-backend.c
+++ b/http-backend.c
@@ -681,8 +681,10 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		if (!regexec(&re, dir, 1, out, 0)) {
 			size_t n;
 
-			if (strcmp(method, c->method))
+			if (strcmp(method, c->method)) {
+				free(dir);
 				return bad_request(&hdr, c);
+			}
 
 			cmd = c;
 			n = out[0].rm_eo - out[0].rm_so;
@@ -708,5 +710,7 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
 					   max_request_buffer);
 
 	cmd->imp(&hdr, cmd_arg);
+	free(dir);
+	free(cmd_arg);
 	return 0;
 }