diff --git a/xwayland/xwm.c b/xwayland/xwm.c
index 94870a5a..be8fe123 100644
--- a/xwayland/xwm.c
+++ b/xwayland/xwm.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ static int x11_event_handler(int fd, uint32_t mask, void *data) {
 				event->response_type & XCB_EVENT_RESPONSE_TYPE_MASK);
 			break;
 		}
+		free(event);
 	}
 
 	xcb_flush(xwm->xcb_conn);