1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index 181f4ddd..a622a4f4 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -164,8 +164,10 @@ int remove_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 			for(lp = pm_list_last(info->files); lp; lp = lp->prev) {
 				int nb = 0;
 				char *file = lp->data;
-				if(_alpm_needbackup(lp->data, info->backup)) {
+				char *md5 =_alpm_needbackup(lp->data, info->backup);
+				if(md5) {
 					nb = 1;
+					free(md5);
 				}
 				if(!nb && trans->type == PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE) {
 					/* check noupgrade */