1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index eebce8c7e0..ae3652b08f 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1584,8 +1584,10 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.askpass"))
 		return git_config_string(&askpass_program, var, value);
 
-	if (!strcmp(var, "core.excludesfile"))
+	if (!strcmp(var, "core.excludesfile")) {
+		free((char *)excludes_file);
 		return git_config_pathname(&excludes_file, var, value);
+	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.whitespace")) {
 		if (!value)