diff --git a/src/socket.js.c b/src/socket.js.c
index 5c9d29b4..ec328632 100644
--- a/src/socket.js.c
+++ b/src/socket.js.c
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ void _socket_onResolvedForConnect(uv_getaddrinfo_t* resolver, int status, struct
 			char error[256];
 			snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "uv_tcp_connect: %s", uv_strerror(connectResult));
 			tf_task_reject_promise(data->socket->_task, data->promise, JS_ThrowInternalError(tf_task_get_context(data->socket->_task), "%s", error));
+			tf_free(request);
 		}
 	}
 	uv_freeaddrinfo(result);