diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/gen_bitmap64.c b/lib/ext2fs/gen_bitmap64.c
index 8b9e4c59..94809cd1 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/gen_bitmap64.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/gen_bitmap64.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ void ext2fs_free_generic_bmap(ext2fs_generic_bitmap bmap)
 		bmap->description = 0;
 	}
 	bmap->magic = 0;
+	ext2fs_free_mem(&bmap);
 }
 
 errcode_t ext2fs_copy_generic_bmap(ext2fs_generic_bitmap src,