diff --git a/bin/xbps-rindex/index-add.c b/bin/xbps-rindex/index-add.c
index 41271e5a..baf78b3a 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-rindex/index-add.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-rindex/index-add.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ index_add(struct xbps_handle *xhp, int argc, char **argv, bool force)
 		if (!xbps_pkg_arch_match(xhp, arch, NULL)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "index: ignoring %s, unmatched arch (%s)\n", pkgver, arch);
 			xbps_object_release(binpkgd);
+			free(pkgver);
 			continue;
 		}
 		pkgname = xbps_pkg_name(pkgver);