diff --git a/gtk/updateiconcache.c b/gtk/updateiconcache.c
index 37f9b4fd31..63ac3afc08 100644
--- a/gtk/updateiconcache.c
+++ b/gtk/updateiconcache.c
@@ -612,7 +612,10 @@ scan_directory (const gchar *base_path,
   dir = g_dir_open (dir_path, 0, NULL);
 
   if (!dir)
-    return directories;
+    {
+      g_free (dir_path);
+      return directories;
+    }
 
   dir_hash = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
 
@@ -710,6 +713,7 @@ scan_directory (const gchar *base_path,
 
   g_list_free_full (list, g_free);
   g_dir_close (dir);
+  g_free (dir_path);
 
   /* Move dir into the big file hash */
   g_hash_table_foreach_remove (dir_hash, foreach_remove_func, files);