diff --git a/umac/scan/core/src/wlan_scan_manager.c b/umac/scan/core/src/wlan_scan_manager.c
index e6440ba962ec..54fc164052f6 100644
--- a/umac/scan/core/src/wlan_scan_manager.c
+++ b/umac/scan/core/src/wlan_scan_manager.c
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ scm_update_6ghz_channel_list(struct wlan_objmgr_vdev *vdev,
 					chan_list_6g[i].center_freq;
 			}
 		}
+		qdf_mem_free(chan_list_6g);
 	}
 	scm_debug("Number of channels to scan %d", num_scan_channels);
 	for (i = 0; i < num_scan_channels; i++)