diff --git a/libbb/unarchive.c b/libbb/unarchive.c
index 7b85243b1..beb396929 100644
--- a/libbb/unarchive.c
+++ b/libbb/unarchive.c
@@ -607,11 +607,15 @@ char *deb_extract(const char *package_filename, FILE *out_stream,
 			output_buffer = unarchive(uncompressed_stream, out_stream, get_header_tar, extract_function, prefix, file_list);
 		}
 		seek_sub_file(deb_stream, ar_header->size);
+		free(ar_header->name);
+		free(ar_header);
 	}
 	gz_close(gunzip_pid);
 	fclose(deb_stream);
 	fclose(uncompressed_stream);
 	free(ared_file);
+	free(file_list[0]);
+	free(file_list);
 	return(output_buffer);
 }
 #endif