diff --git a/src/mount/mount.ceph.c b/src/mount/mount.ceph.c
index ab96970c312d3..5ead9313b7d4c 100644
--- a/src/mount/mount.ceph.c
+++ b/src/mount/mount.ceph.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static char *parse_options(const char *data, int *filesys_flags)
 		} else if (strncmp(data, "secret", 6) == 0) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
 				printf("mount option secret requires a value.\n");
+				free(saw_name);
 				return NULL;
 			}