diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/libhsakmt/src/perfctr.c b/projects/rocr-runtime/libhsakmt/src/perfctr.c
index 32df25a74d..20f63d3ef3 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/libhsakmt/src/perfctr.c
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/libhsakmt/src/perfctr.c
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ HSAKMT_STATUS HSAKMTAPI hsaKmtPmcRegisterTrace(HSAuint32 NodeId,
 	TraceRoot->TraceBufferMinSizeBytes = PAGE_ALIGN_UP(min_buf_size);
 	TraceRoot->TraceId = PORT_VPTR_TO_UINT64(trace);
 
+	free(trace);
 	return HSAKMT_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }