diff --git a/code/renderercommon/tr_font.c b/code/renderercommon/tr_font.c
index e2e94f13..dda00e24 100644
--- a/code/renderercommon/tr_font.c
+++ b/code/renderercommon/tr_font.c
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ void RE_RegisterFont(const char *fontName, int pointSize, fontInfo_t *font) {
 			font->glyphs[i].glyph = RE_RegisterShaderNoMip(font->glyphs[i].shaderName);
 		}
 		Com_Memcpy(&registeredFont[registeredFontCount++], font, sizeof(fontInfo_t));
+		ri.FS_FreeFile(faceData);
 		return;
 	}