diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 43b14ddb3c5..1f4c80abed7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6412,3 +6412,5 @@
 	* arch/arm/src/a1x/a1x_lowputc.c and a1x_serial.c:  Mystery
 	  finally solved:  The A10 serial clock is the OSC24M clock.
 	  Thanks to Alan Carvalho de Assis (2014-1-10)
+	* binfmt/binfmt_loadmodule.c: Fix a memory leak (2013-1-11).
+
diff --git a/binfmt/binfmt_loadmodule.c b/binfmt/binfmt_loadmodule.c
index 322ed2c4875..f5e0f6003cd 100644
--- a/binfmt/binfmt_loadmodule.c
+++ b/binfmt/binfmt_loadmodule.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /****************************************************************************
  * binfmt/binfmt_loadmodule.c
  *
- *   Copyright (C) 2009 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
+ *   Copyright (C) 2009, 2014 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
  *   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ int load_module(FAR struct binary_s *bin)
                       break;
                     }
                 }
+
+              /* Release the traversal handle */
+
+              exepath_release(handle);
             }
 
           /* Restore the relative path.  This is not needed for anything