diff --git a/components/wifi_provisioning/src/wifi_config.c b/components/wifi_provisioning/src/wifi_config.c
index 93e3e85643..73e8a747a8 100644
--- a/components/wifi_provisioning/src/wifi_config.c
+++ b/components/wifi_provisioning/src/wifi_config.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ static esp_err_t cmd_get_status_handler(WiFiConfigPayload *req,
                                             malloc(sizeof(WifiConnectedState)));
             if (!connected) {
                 ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Error allocating memory");
+		free(resp_payload);
                 return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
             }
             resp_payload->connected  = connected;