1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xsmfns.c b/src/xsmfns.c
index 2cb4f3eca56..fb0d01bb66c 100644
--- a/src/xsmfns.c
+++ b/src/xsmfns.c
@@ -401,12 +401,14 @@ x_session_initialize (struct x_display_info *dpyinfo)
   ptrdiff_t name_len = 0;
 
   /* libSM seems to crash if pwd is missing - see bug#18851.  */
-  if (! emacs_get_current_dir_name ())
+  char *pwd = emacs_get_current_dir_name ();
+  if (!pwd)
     {
       fprintf (stderr, "Disabling session management due to pwd error: %s\n",
                emacs_strerror (errno));
       return;
     }
+  xfree (pwd);
 
   ice_fd = -1;
   doing_interact = false;