diff --git a/src/ui/rosterwin.c b/src/ui/rosterwin.c
index 1b4442f2..1d295053 100644
--- a/src/ui/rosterwin.c
+++ b/src/ui/rosterwin.c
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ _rosterwin_resources(ProfLayoutSplit *layout, PContact contact, int current_inde
 
                 wattron(layout->subwin, theme_attrs(presence_colour));
                 win_sub_print(layout->subwin, unreadmsg->str, FALSE, wrap, current_indent);
+                g_string_free(unreadmsg, TRUE);
                 wattroff(layout->subwin, theme_attrs(presence_colour));
             }
             prefs_free_string(unreadpos);