1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index a79e7f94b7..42bef84ed5 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1974,6 +1974,7 @@ void hmp_chardev_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         error_setg(&err, "Parsing chardev args failed");
     } else {
         qemu_chr_new_from_opts(opts, NULL, &err);
+        qemu_opts_del(opts);
     }
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
 }