diff --git a/status.c b/status.c
index eff8b615..1d7c8ea1 100644
--- a/status.c
+++ b/status.c
@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ status_job(struct client *c, char **iptr)
 		    JOB_PERSIST, c, cmd, status_job_callback, xfree, NULL);
 		job_run(job);
 	}
+	xfree(cmd);
 	if (job->data == NULL)
 		return (xstrdup(""));
 	return (xstrdup(job->data));