diff --git a/jdk/src/share/instrument/InvocationAdapter.c b/jdk/src/share/instrument/InvocationAdapter.c
index b4ad4dee793..afc8b727d97 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/instrument/InvocationAdapter.c
+++ b/jdk/src/share/instrument/InvocationAdapter.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -829,6 +829,7 @@ appendBootClassPath( JPLISAgent* agent,
 
             resolved = resolve(parent, path);
             jvmtierr = (*jvmtienv)->AddToBootstrapClassLoaderSearch(jvmtienv, resolved);
+            free(resolved);
         }
 
         /* print warning if boot class path not updated */