diff --git a/src/mgmt/cli_mgmt.c b/src/mgmt/cli_mgmt.c
index 8c8b43cffda..99a5457746d 100644
--- a/src/mgmt/cli_mgmt.c
+++ b/src/mgmt/cli_mgmt.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ get_env_deprecated(char **val, const char *new_env, const char *old_env)
 			D_WARN("Both %s and %s are set! Deprecated %s (%s) will be ignored\n",
 			       new_env, old_env, old_env, old);
 		*val = new;
+		d_freeenv_str(&old);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ get_env_deprecated(char **val, const char *new_env, const char *old_env)
 		D_INFO("%s is deprecated, upgrade your environment to use %s instead\n", old_env,
 		       new_env);
 		*val = old;
+		d_freeenv_str(&new);
 		return 0;
 	}