diff --git a/src/plugins/relay/irc/relay-irc.c b/src/plugins/relay/irc/relay-irc.c
index 78e02e751..1a93b1162 100644
--- a/src/plugins/relay/irc/relay-irc.c
+++ b/src/plugins/relay/irc/relay-irc.c
@@ -1302,6 +1302,7 @@ relay_irc_recv (struct t_relay_client *client, const char *data)
 
     hash_parsed = NULL;
     irc_argv = NULL;
+    irc_argv_eol = NULL;
     irc_argc = 0;
 
     /* display debug message */
@@ -1739,6 +1740,8 @@ end:
         weechat_hashtable_free (hash_parsed);
     if (irc_argv)
         weechat_string_free_split (irc_argv);
+    if (irc_argv_eol)
+        weechat_string_free_split (irc_argv_eol);
 }
 
 /*