diff --git a/lib/libzfs_core/libzfs_core.c b/lib/libzfs_core/libzfs_core.c
index 9be34d34b..3110d8903 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs_core/libzfs_core.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs_core/libzfs_core.c
@@ -830,6 +830,8 @@ lzc_rollback(const char *fsname, char *snapnamebuf, int snapnamelen)
 		const char *snapname = fnvlist_lookup_string(result, "target");
 		(void) strlcpy(snapnamebuf, snapname, snapnamelen);
 	}
+	nvlist_free(result);
+
 	return (err);
 }