=== subversion/libsvn_fs_util/mergeinfo-sqlite-index.c
==================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_fs_util/mergeinfo-sqlite-index.c	(revision 148209)
+++ subversion/libsvn_fs_util/mergeinfo-sqlite-index.c	(local)
@@ -71,8 +71,12 @@
                  void *callbackdata)
 {
   char *err_msg;
-  if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err_msg) != SQLITE_OK)
-    return svn_error_create(SVN_ERR_FS_SQLITE_ERROR, NULL, err_msg);
+  svn_error_t *err;
+  if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err_msg) != SQLITE_OK) {
+    err = svn_error_create(SVN_ERR_FS_SQLITE_ERROR, NULL, err_msg);
+    sqlite3_free(err_msg);
+    return err;
+  }
   return SVN_NO_ERROR;
 }