1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 1be5037f12..bb633942bb 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ static int read_worktree_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *vdata)
 	} else if (strcmp(var, "core.worktree") == 0) {
 		if (!value)
 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
+		free(data->work_tree);
 		data->work_tree = xstrdup(value);
 	}
 	return 0;