diff --git a/src/backends/meta-color-store.c b/src/backends/meta-color-store.c
index ae0188390..8f1dad2f4 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-color-store.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-color-store.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ meta_color_store_ensure_device_profile (MetaColorStore      *color_store,
   const char *edid_checksum_md5;
   g_autoptr (GTask) task = NULL;
   g_autofree char *file_name = NULL;
-  char *file_path;
+  g_autofree char *file_path = NULL;
   EnsureDeviceProfileData *data;
   MetaColorProfile *color_profile;