diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6f6479b67b..16ea59458f 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10905,4 +10905,6 @@
 	  to protect and unprotect memory (2015-08-29).
 	* binfmt/builtin.c:  Fix a memory leak: File was not being closed.
 	  From Bruno Herrera (2015-08-30).
-
+	* fs/romfs: One allocation was not being freed if there was a
+	  subsequent failure to allocation I/O buffers resulting in a memory
+	  leak on certain error conditions.  From Bruno Herrera (2015-08-30).
diff --git a/fs/romfs/fs_romfs.c b/fs/romfs/fs_romfs.c
index 3a65adfc2b..14c68ef7e8 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/fs_romfs.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/fs_romfs.c
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ static int romfs_dup(FAR const struct file *oldp, FAR struct file *newp)
   ret = romfs_fileconfigure(rm, newrf);
   if (ret < 0)
     {
+      kmm_free(newrf);
       fdbg("Failed configure buffering: %d\n", ret);
       goto errout_with_semaphore;
     }