diff --git a/changes/bug30894 b/changes/bug30894
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64c14c4e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug30894
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (memory leaks):
+    - Fix a trivial memory leak when parsing an invalid value
+      from a download schedule in the configuration. Fixes bug
+      30894; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
diff --git a/src/app/config/confparse.c b/src/app/config/confparse.c
index e4bb6e89bd..3bf14b378d 100644
--- a/src/app/config/confparse.c
+++ b/src/app/config/confparse.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ config_assign_value(const config_format_t *fmt, void *options,
       tor_asprintf(msg,
           "Interval '%s %s' is malformed or out of bounds.",
           c->key, c->value);
+      tor_free(tmp);
       return -1;
     }
     *(int *)lvalue = i;