diff --git a/tests/client.c b/tests/client.c
index 4184f7c6b1e95a2a8bc4e45493b08aea4469709f..3dfc1accc63beaffad73931208ccb5a02010db86 100644
--- a/tests/client.c
+++ b/tests/client.c
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     margo_forward(mid, handle, NULL);
 
+    HG_Addr_free(hg_class, svr_addr);
+
     /* shut down everything */
     margo_finalize(mid);