diff --git a/grub-core/lib/syslinux_parse.c b/grub-core/lib/syslinux_parse.c
index f6053267f..2c874b1fa 100644
--- a/grub-core/lib/syslinux_parse.c
+++ b/grub-core/lib/syslinux_parse.c
@@ -922,6 +922,8 @@ write_entry (struct output_buffer *outbuf,
 
 	    print_string ("\n");
 	  }
+	if (ptr && *ptr)
+	  grub_free (cmdline);
       }
       break;
     case KERNEL_CHAINLOADER: