diff --git a/src/core/lib/support/env_windows.cc b/src/core/lib/support/env_windows.cc
index 73c643c5600..a0b7846808c 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/support/env_windows.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/support/env_windows.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ char *gpr_getenv(const char *name) {
   DWORD ret;
 
   ret = GetEnvironmentVariable(tname, NULL, 0);
-  if (ret == 0) return NULL;
+  if (ret == 0) {
+      gpr_free(tname);
+      return NULL;
+  }
   size = ret * (DWORD)sizeof(TCHAR);
   tresult = (LPTSTR)gpr_malloc(size);
   ret = GetEnvironmentVariable(tname, tresult, size);