diff --git a/targets/ARCH/ETHERNET/USERSPACE/LIB/eth_raw.c b/targets/ARCH/ETHERNET/USERSPACE/LIB/eth_raw.c
index 8c4263c7ed9aacf1d3d43a8a1108724452da5111..d893c66b526bf2602b80b21f86b556cb92095c4e 100644
--- a/targets/ARCH/ETHERNET/USERSPACE/LIB/eth_raw.c
+++ b/targets/ARCH/ETHERNET/USERSPACE/LIB/eth_raw.c
@@ -533,7 +533,8 @@ int eth_set_dev_conf_raw_IF4p5(openair0_device *device) {
     perror("ETHERNET: ");
     exit(0);
   }
-  
+
+  free(msg);
   return 0;
 }