diff --git a/changes/bug24582 b/changes/bug24582
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8317a082cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug24582
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (debugging, memory leaks):
+    - Fix a harmless memory leak in tor-resolve. Fixes bug 24582;
+      bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha.
+
diff --git a/src/tools/tor-resolve.c b/src/tools/tor-resolve.c
index 1e2409a131..966b88b3e8 100644
--- a/src/tools/tor-resolve.c
+++ b/src/tools/tor-resolve.c
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
   int n_args;
   tor_addr_t result;
   char *result_hostname = NULL;
-  log_severity_list_t *s = tor_malloc_zero(sizeof(log_severity_list_t));
 
   init_logging(1);
   sandbox_disable_getaddrinfo_cache();
@@ -398,11 +397,14 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     usage();
   }
 
+  log_severity_list_t *severities =
+    tor_malloc_zero(sizeof(log_severity_list_t));
   if (isVerbose)
-    set_log_severity_config(LOG_DEBUG, LOG_ERR, s);
+    set_log_severity_config(LOG_DEBUG, LOG_ERR, severities);
   else
-    set_log_severity_config(LOG_WARN, LOG_ERR, s);
-  add_stream_log(s, "<stderr>", fileno(stderr));
+    set_log_severity_config(LOG_WARN, LOG_ERR, severities);
+  add_stream_log(severities, "<stderr>", fileno(stderr));
+  tor_free(severities);
 
   if (n_args == 1) {
     log_debug(LD_CONFIG, "defaulting to localhost");