diff --git a/src/win/fs-event.c b/src/win/fs-event.c
index 73e0de8e..1bbb8c52 100644
--- a/src/win/fs-event.c
+++ b/src/win/fs-event.c
@@ -579,6 +579,8 @@ void uv__process_fs_event_req(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_req_t* req,
         info.DeletePending) {
       uv__convert_utf16_to_utf8(handle->dirw, -1, &filename);
       handle->cb(handle, filename, UV_RENAME, 0);
+      uv__free(filename);
+      filename = NULL;
     } else {
       handle->cb(handle, NULL, 0, uv_translate_sys_error(err));
     }