diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c
index 6ad7b174d38..5e05bc59a94 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c
@@ -2184,7 +2184,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IShellLinkW_fnSetPath(IShellLinkW * iface, LPCWSTR pszFile
 
     /* any other quote marks are invalid */
     if (wcschr(pszFile, '"'))
+    {
+        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, unquoted);
         return S_FALSE;
+    }
 
     HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, This->sPath);
     This->sPath = NULL;