diff --git a/tgp-msg.c b/tgp-msg.c
index 1011818..b0d60a2 100644
--- a/tgp-msg.c
+++ b/tgp-msg.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static char *format_service_msg (struct tgl_state *TLS, struct tgl_message *M) {
           
           // conv_del_user already printed a message, prevent a redundant message
           // from being printed by returning NULL
+          g_free (txt);
           return NULL;
         }