1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index abce05b774..742175c130 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1565,6 +1565,7 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.notesref")) {
 		if (!value)
 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
+		free(notes_ref_name);
 		notes_ref_name = xstrdup(value);
 		return 0;
 	}