diff --git a/src/prefs.c b/src/prefs.c
index e30112eb..d1497c6d 100644
--- a/src/prefs.c
+++ b/src/prefs.c
@@ -339,19 +339,23 @@ void prefs_kb_search_name(const gchar *search)
 	GtkTreeIter   iter;
 	gboolean      valid;
 	GtkTreeModel *model;
-	gchar        *name;
+
 	model = gtk_tree_view_get_model(tree);
 	valid = gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first(model, &iter);
 	while (valid)
 	{
+		gchar *name;
+
 		gtk_tree_model_get(model, &iter, KB_TREE_ACTION, &name, -1);
-		if(g_strcmp0(name, search) == 0)
+		if (g_strcmp0(name, search) == 0)
 		{
 			GtkTreePath *path = gtk_tree_model_get_path(model, &iter);
 			gtk_tree_view_scroll_to_cell(tree, path, NULL, FALSE, .0f, .0f);
 			gtk_tree_path_free(path);
+			g_free(name);
 			break;
 		}
+		g_free(name);
 		valid = gtk_tree_model_iter_next(model, &iter);
 	}
 }