diff --git a/cmds-qgroup.c b/cmds-qgroup.c
index 4f99e419..48686436 100644
--- a/cmds-qgroup.c
+++ b/cmds-qgroup.c
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ static int cmd_qgroup_show(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	ret = btrfs_show_qgroups(fd, filter_set, comparer_set);
 	close_file_or_dir(fd, dirstream);
+	free(filter_set);
+	free(comparer_set);
 
 out:
 	return !!ret;
diff --git a/qgroup.c b/qgroup.c
index b5b893f4..11659e83 100644
--- a/qgroup.c
+++ b/qgroup.c
@@ -1192,8 +1192,6 @@ int btrfs_show_qgroups(int fd,
 	print_all_qgroups(&sort_tree);
 
 	__free_all_qgroups(&qgroup_lookup);
-	free(filter_set);
-	free(comp_set);
 	return ret;
 }