diff --git a/src/Util/util.cpp b/src/Util/util.cpp
index d9cbe8cc29c75275b31b7d54be966336b5e1a066..3ae7072eb458c77ac26481205e3e1cf1590501e4 100644
--- a/src/Util/util.cpp
+++ b/src/Util/util.cpp
@@ -484,8 +484,8 @@ string getThreadName() {
             char threadName[MAX_PATH];
             size_t numCharsConverted;
             errno_t charResult = wcstombs_s(&numCharsConverted, threadName, data, MAX_PATH - 1);
+            LocalFree(data);
             if (charResult == 0) {
-                LocalFree(data);
                 std::ostringstream ss;
                 ss << threadName;
                 return ss.str();
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ string getThreadName() {
                 return to_string((uint64_t) GetCurrentThreadId());
             }
         } else {
+            LocalFree(data);
             return to_string((uint64_t) GetCurrentThreadId());
         }
     }