diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c b/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
index 8bd03aa..2cca1fb 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 error:
   vec_foreach_index (i, vif->tap_fds) close (vif->tap_fds[i]);
 
+  vec_free (vif->tap_fds);
   vec_free (vif->vhost_fds);
   vec_free (vif->rxq_vrings);
   vec_free (vif->txq_vrings);