diff --git a/src/apps/packageinstaller/PackageInfo.cpp b/src/apps/packageinstaller/PackageInfo.cpp
index 6f3fd11b54..55aa9ec15b 100644
--- a/src/apps/packageinstaller/PackageInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/packageinstaller/PackageInfo.cpp
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ PackageInfo::Parse()
 					BPath *path = new BPath();
 					status_t ret = find_directory(dir, path);
 					if (ret != B_OK) {
+						delete path;
 						RETURN_AND_SET_STATUS(B_ERROR);
 					}