diff --git a/0041-do-not-free-the-pointer-returned-by-dirname.patch b/0041-do-not-free-the-pointer-returned-by-dirname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..28e1da533643d2cf7c6b537b5dda75017b948b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0041-do-not-free-the-pointer-returned-by-dirname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 11621ec06e911395c9bb3b5ae5d8f47cfc02ce3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: WangFengTu <wangfengtu@huawei.com>
+Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:59:11 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] do not free the pointer returned by dirname
+
+Signed-off-by: WangFengTu <wangfengtu@huawei.com>
+---
+ src/lxc/conf.c | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.c b/src/lxc/conf.c
+index 7c2619c..cd9e818 100644
+--- a/src/lxc/conf.c
++++ b/src/lxc/conf.c
+@@ -4258,6 +4258,7 @@ static int setup_populate_devs(const struct lxc_rootfs *rootfs, struct lxc_list
+ 	INFO("Populating devices into container");
+ 	cur_mask = umask(0000);
+ 	lxc_list_for_each(it, devs) {
++		__do_free char *tmp_path = NULL;
+ 		ret = 0;
+ 		dev_elem = it->elem;
+ 
+@@ -4268,10 +4269,9 @@ static int setup_populate_devs(const struct lxc_rootfs *rootfs, struct lxc_list
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		/* create any missing directories */
+-		pathdirname = safe_strdup(path);
+-		pathdirname = dirname(pathdirname);
++		tmp_path = safe_strdup(path);
++		pathdirname = dirname(tmp_path);
+ 		ret = mkdir_p(pathdirname, 0755);
+-		free(pathdirname);
+ 		if (ret < 0) {
+ 			WARN("Failed to create target directory");
+ 			ret = -1;
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/lxc.spec b/lxc.spec
index 1adf41abc3c942826c5f40bbe2b3cd0647f34add..d8504d675e3298fc6aab79b65d29305bd3024971 100644
--- a/lxc.spec
+++ b/lxc.spec
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Patch0037:	0037-fix-always-print-and-temp-len.patch
 Patch0038:	0038-just-print-error-when-new-lock-failed.patch
 Patch0039:	0039-fix-bug-of-memory-free.patch
 Patch0040:	0040-refactor-the-way-to-convert-selinux-label-to-shared.path
+Patch0041:	0041-do-not-free-the-pointer-returned-by-dirname.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  systemd-units git libtool graphviz docbook2X doxygen chrpath
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libseccomp)
diff --git a/series.conf b/series.conf
index 3e14cf0eba7a9b615821d089a1c8c778b796f6a5..7c6011f61f8a46766e2b7f43ef2e48280c24f194 100644
--- a/series.conf
+++ b/series.conf
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@
 0038-just-print-error-when-new-lock-failed.patch
 0039-fix-bug-of-memory-free.patch
 0040-refactor-the-way-to-convert-selinux-label-to-shared.path
+0041-do-not-free-the-pointer-returned-by-dirname.patch