diff --git a/ffprobe.c b/ffprobe.c
index f7374b387790490b39bb59d07d083bcc4d7090d4..84dfa19643affc9d74048ceaa44b61ac059bfe07 100644
--- a/ffprobe.c
+++ b/ffprobe.c
@@ -2043,6 +2043,7 @@ static int opt_show_entries(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "No match for section '%s'\n", section_name);
             ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
         }
+        av_dict_free(&entries);
         av_free(section_name);
 
         if (ret <= 0)