diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.c b/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.c
index c9779fa9f34c..b0d79df20b16 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.c
@@ -565,6 +565,8 @@ init_transport(struct netconfig *nconf)
 		pml->pml_map.pm_port = PMAPPORT;
 		if (strcmp(nconf->nc_proto, NC_TCP) == 0) {
 			if (tcptrans[0]) {
+				free(pml);
+				pml = NULL;
 				syslog(LOG_ERR,
 				"cannot have more than one TCP transport");
 				goto error;