diff --git a/nbase/acinclude.m4 b/nbase/acinclude.m4
index 8bc7f689c..24f3b18cb 100644
--- a/nbase/acinclude.m4
+++ b/nbase/acinclude.m4
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int main(void) {
     if (ai->ai_addr->sa_family != AF_INET) {
         return 1;
     }
+    freeaddrinfo(ai);
     return 0;
 }
 ],[
diff --git a/nbase/configure b/nbase/configure
index 2b5e205e4..740151720 100755
--- a/nbase/configure
+++ b/nbase/configure
@@ -5155,6 +5155,7 @@ int main(void) {
     if (ai->ai_addr->sa_family != AF_INET) {
         return 1;
     }
+    freeaddrinfo(ai);
     return 0;
 }